Sentinel lymph node biopsy for cutaneousmelanoma of the head and neck

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 726-732

  MacNeill, Karen Nicole ^a   Ghazarian, Danny ^b   McCready, David ^b   Rotstein, Lorne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cutaneous; Head and neck; Metastatic melanoma; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ISOSULFAN BLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 23944443746     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2005.11.028     Document Type: Article

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