Correlation between Preoperative Lymphoscintigraphy and Metastatic Nodal Disease Sites in 362 Patients with Cutaneous Melanomas of the Head and Neck

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 239, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 544-552

  De Wilt, Johannes H W ^a   Thompson, John F ^a,b   Uren, Roger F ^a,b   Ka, Vivian S K ^a   Scolyer, Richard A ^a   McCarthy, William H ^b   O'Brien, Christopher J ^a   Quinn, Michael J ^a   Shannon, Kerwin F ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SKIN CANCER; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MELANOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642317211     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000118570.26997.a1     Document Type: Article

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