Ultrasound assessment of lymph nodes in the management of early-stage melanoma

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 354-360

  Thompson, John F ^a,b   Haydu, Lauren E ^a,b   Sanki, Amira ^b   Uren, Roger F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

lymph nodes; melanoma; sentinel node; staging; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052005025     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21963     Document Type: Review

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