Sentinel lymph node staging of cutaneous melanoma: predictors and outcomes

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 663-668

  Ellis, Michelle C ^a   Weerasinghe, Roshanthi ^a   Corless, Christopher L ^a   Vetto, John T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Completion lymph node dissection; Complications; False negative; Melanoma; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB SWELLING; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SEROMA; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951910215     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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