Outcome of patients with a positive sentinel lymph node who do not undergo completion lymphadenectomy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 514-520

  Kingham, T Peter ^a   Panageas, Katherine S ^a   Ariyan, Charlotte E ^a   Busam, Klaus J ^a   Brady, Mary Sue ^a   Coit, Daniel G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149122719     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0836-3     Document Type: Article

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