Futility of positron emission tomography and other modalities in the initial radiographic screening of patients with melanoma [5]

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1050-

  Miranda, Edward P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MELANOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33750046003     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.141.10.1050-b     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Miranda EP, Gertner M, Wall J, et al. Routine imaging of asymptomatic melanoma patients with metastasis to sentinel lymph nodes rarely identifies systemic disease. Arch Surg. 2004;139:831-837.
2. Clark PB, Soo V, Kraas J, Shen P, Levine EA. Futility of fluorodeoxyglucose F 18 positron emission tomography in initial evaluation of patients with T2 to T4 melanoma. Arch Surg. 2006;141:284-288