Completion lymphadenectomy for melanoma patients with a positive sentinel node biopsy remains standard of care

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 761-763

  Henderson, Michael A ^a,b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLETION LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MELANOMA; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646598712     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2006.09.915     Document Type: Editorial

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