Lower tumour burden and better overall survival in melanoma patients with regional lymph node metastases and negative preoperative ultrasound

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-68

  Pilko, Gasper ^a   Zgajnar, Janez ^a   Music, Maja ^a   Hocevar, Marko ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

melanoma; overall survival; tumour burden; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84858163847     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: 15813207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10019-011-0028-1     Document Type: Article

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