Location of melanoma metastases in sentinel lymph nodes: What are the implications for histologic processing of sentinel lymph nodes in routine practice?

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-129

  Murali, Rajmohan ^a,b,c   Thompson, John F ^b,c   Scolyer, Richard A ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN TUMOR;

HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73949154447     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181c70ee8     Document Type: Letter

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