Slow dynamics of lymphoscintigraphic mapping is associated to the negativity of the sentinel node in melanoma patients

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2878-2886

  Mahieu Renard, Laurence ^a,b   Cammilleri, Serge ^c   Giorgi, Roch ^c   Gaudy Marqueste, Caroline ^a,b   Mundler, Olivier ^c   Richard, Marie Aleth ^a,b   Grob, Jean Jacques ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Disease free survival; Melanoma; Overall survival; Prognosis; Scintigraphic appearance time; Sentinel node status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE MARKER; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 51649121244     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0080-2     Document Type: Article

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