Ratio of marked and excised sentinel lymph nodes and scintigraphic appearance time in melanoma patients with negative sentinel lymph node

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 783-788

  Richtig, E ^a   Komericki, P ^a   Trapp, M ^a   Ott, A ^a   Bisail, B ^a   Egger, J W ^a   Zalaudek, I ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Lymphoscintigraphy; Melanoma; Metastasis; Negative sentinel lymph node biopsy; Scintigraphic appearance time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE COURSE; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; THICKNESS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954926973     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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