Sentinel lymph node status in melanoma: A valuable prognostic factor?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1080-1087

  Topar, G ^a   Eisendle, K ^a   Zelger, B ^a   Fritsch, P ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646585169     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07169.x     Document Type: Article

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