The impact of biopsy technique on upstaging, residual disease, and outcome in cutaneous melanoma

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 202, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 771-778

  Egnatios, Genevive L ^a   Dueck, Amylou C ^a   MacDonald, James B ^a   Laman, Susan D ^a   Warschaw, Karen E ^b   Dicaudo, David J ^a   Nemeth, Shari A ^a   Sekulic, Aleksandar ^a   Gray, Richard J ^a   Wasif, Nabil ^a   Pockaj, Barbara A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Arizona Dermatopathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Margins; Melanoma; Residual disease; T category upgrade; Wide local excision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MITOSIS RATE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VOLUME; WIDE EXCISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82655187450     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.06.037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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