Impact of false-negative sentinel lymph node biopsy on survival in patients with cutaneous melanoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2662-2667

  Caraco C ^a   Marone, U ^a   Celentano, E ^a   Botti, G ^a   Mozzillo, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cutaneous melanoma; False negative; Lymph node metastases; Sentinel biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34548578998     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9433-5     Document Type: Article

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