The role of interval nodes in sentinel lymph node mapping and dissection for melanoma patients

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1607-1613

  Matter, Maurice ^a   Lalonde, Marie Nicod ^a   Allaoua, Mohamed ^a   Boubaker, Ariane ^a   Liénard, Danielle ^a   Gugerli, Oliver ^a   Cerottini, Jean Philippe ^a   Bouzourene, Hanifa ^a   Delaloye, Angelika Bischof ^a   Lejeune, Ferdinand ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Interval node; Melanoma; Sentinel lymph node dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 35348864435     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.041707     Document Type: Article

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