Sentinel lymph node biopsy for patients with melanoma-introductory comments

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-85

  Busam, Klaus J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MELANOMA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN METASTASIS;

HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 45849135633     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2008.04.003     Document Type: Editorial

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