Which parameters to choose for prediction of non-sentinel lymph node positivity in melanoma?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Satzger, Imke ^a   Meier, Andre ^a   Alter, Mareike ^a   Kapp, Alexander ^a   Gutzmer, Ralf ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SIZE; LETTER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79954991009     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2010.33.8210     Document Type: Letter

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