Metastasis to the popliteal lymph nodes in lower extremity melanoma and their management

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Morcos, Basem ^a,b   Al Ahmad, Firas ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

^b NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Dissection; Lymphoscintigraphy; Melanoma; Popliteal fossa

Indexed keywords

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; COLLIMATOR; COLLOID; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; KNEE; LEG DISEASE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; MICROMETASTASIS; POPLITEAL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA;

EID: 79954610142     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2011.02.003     Document Type: Review

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