Diagnostic accuracy of fine needle biopsy for metastatic melanoma and its implications for patient management

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 323-332

  Doubrovsky, Anna ^a   Scolyer, Richard A ^a,c   Murali, Rajmohan ^a,c   McKenzie, Paul R ^a   Watson, Geoffrey F ^a   Lee, C Soon ^a,c   McLeod, Duncan J ^a   McCarthy, William H ^a,c   Uren, Roger F ^b   Stretch, Jonathan R ^a,c   Saw, Robyn P ^a,c   Thompson, John F ^a,c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytology; Diagnosis; Diagnostic accuracy; Fine needle biopsy; Melanoma; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN ULCER; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38049108284     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9341-0     Document Type: Article

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