Sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma patients

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1005-1012

  Lens, M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biopsy; lymph nodes; melanoma; sentinel

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77955247634     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03581.x     Document Type: Review

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