Targeted high-resolution ultrasound is not an effective substitute for sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with primary cutaneous melanoma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 33, 2009, Pages 5614-5619

  Sanki, Amira ^a   Uren, Roger F ^a   Moncrieff, Marc ^a   Tran, Kayla L ^a   Scolyer, Richard A ^a   Lin, Hui Yi ^a   Thompson, John F ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TUMOR;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949134034     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.4882     Document Type: Article

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