A nomogram that predicts the presence of sentinel node metastasis in melanoma with better discrimination than the American joint committee on cancer staging system

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 282-288

  Wong, Sandra L ^a   Kattan, Michael W ^b   McMasters, Kelly M ^c   Coit, Daniel G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Nomogram; Prognosis; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MELANOMA; NOMOGRAM; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NOMOGRAMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 18144383153     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2005.05.016     Document Type: Article

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