Mapping of specific sentinel node locations for skin cancer of the head

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 354-358

  Hoetzenecker, Wolfram ^a   Guenova, Emmanuella ^a   Böttinger, Thomas Ulrich ^a   Häfner, Hans Martin ^a   Breuninger, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Mapping; Sentinel lymph node; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY TUMOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960791281     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2011.1290     Document Type: Article

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