Predictors of positive sentinel lymph node in thin melanoma

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 324-328

  Yonick, David V ^a   Ballo, Rana M ^a   Kahn, Estelle ^a   Dahiya, Madhu ^a   Yao, Katherine ^a   Godellas, Constantine ^a   Shoup, Margo ^a   Aranha, Gerard V ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Sentinel lymph node; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Thin melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952137514     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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