Treatment influencing down-staging in EORTC Melanoma Group sentinel node histological protocol compared with complete step-sectioning: A national multicentre study

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-352

  Riber Hansen, Rikke ^a   Hastrup, Nina ^b   Clemmensen, Ole ^c   Behrendt, Nille ^d   Klausen, Siri ^e   Ramsing, Mette ^a   Spaun, Eva ^f   Hamilton Dutoit, Stephen Jacques ^a   Steiniche, Torben ^g  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Neoplasm staging; Pathology; Patient selection; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856230673     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.08.019     Document Type: Article

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