Role of selective sentinel lymph node dissection in head and neck melanoma

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-368

  Leong, Stanley P L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

head and neck; lymph node; sentinel

Indexed keywords

ISOSULFAN BLUE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ACCESSORY NERVE DISEASE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; NECK DISSECTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELECTIVE SENTINEL LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80051982698     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21964     Document Type: Review

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