Regional differences in the use of sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma: A potential quality measure

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 981-984

  Lane, Karen ^a,b   Kempf, Ashley ^a   Magno, Cheryl ^a,b   Lane, John ^a,b   Butler, John ^a   Hsiang, David ^a   Greenfield, Sheldon ^b   Jakowatz, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55949089054     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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