Is there an indication for routine chest x-ray in initial staging of melanoma?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-119

  Vermeeren, Lenka ^a   Van Der Ent, Fred W ^a   Hulsewé, Karel W ^a  

^a Maaslandhospital Sittard ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

diagnostic imaging; melanoma; neoplasm staging; radiography; sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79951677412     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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