Re-evaluation of a scoring system to predict nonsentinel-node metastasis and prognosis in melanoma patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 522-525

  Cadili, Ali ^a   Dabbs, Kelly ^a   Scolyer, Richard A ^b,c,d   Brown, Philip T ^b   Thompson, John F ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CLND; Completion lymph node dissection; Nonsentinel node; NSN; Sentinel node; SN

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME; AGE; CANCER STAGING; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; LYMPH NODE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 77957243150     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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