High incidence of in-transit metastases after sentinel node biopsy in patients with melanoma

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1370-1371

  Estourgie, S H ^a   Nieweg, O E ^a   Kroon, B B R ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM SEEDING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4944259692     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4692     Document Type: Article

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