Impact of sentinel lymphadenectomy on survival in a murine model of melanoma

Clinical and Experimental Metastasis

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-199

  Rebhun, Robert B ^a,b   Lazar, Alexander J F ^a   Fidler, Isaiah J ^a   Gershenwald, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymph node metastasis; Melanoma; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Sentinel lymphadenectomy; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOMA; MELANOMA B16; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 42449139493     PISSN: 02620898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10585-008-9141-y     Document Type: Article

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