The utility of ultrasound in patients with melanoma

Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1633-1642

  Uren, Roger F ^a,b   Sanki, Amira ^b,c   Thompson, John F ^b,c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cutaneous; Diagnosis; Lymph node; Melanoma; Metastasis; Ocular; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; B SCAN; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MELANOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PALPATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SKIN PENETRATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; UVEA MELANOMA;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 37349038548     PISSN: 14737140     EISSN: 17448328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737140.7.11.1633     Document Type: Review

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