Proposed quality standards for regional lymph node dissections in patients with melanoma

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 473-480

  Spillane, Andrew J ^a   Cheung, Bernard L H ^b   Stretch, Jonathan R ^c   Scolyer, Richard A ^d   Shannon, Kerwin F ^e   Quinn, Michael J ^e   Saw, Robyn P M ^e   McCarthy, William H ^e   Thompson, John F ^e  

^a MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Mater Hospital   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; DATA BASE; INFANT; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63449105286     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318194d38f     Document Type: Article

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