Sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma: The Oxford ten year clinical experience

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1284-1290

  Rughani, Milap G ^a,b   Swan, Marc C ^a   Adams, Titus S ^a   Middleton, Mark R ^b   Ramcharan, Roger N ^b   Pay, Andy ^a   Birch, Jeremy F ^a   Coleman, David J ^a   Cassell, Oliver C ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Morbidity; Mortality; Outcomes; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052797932     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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