Adjuvant radiotherapy for palpable melanoma metastases to the groin: When to irradiate?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 310-316

  Gojkovič Horvat, Andreja ^a   Jančar, Boris ^a   Blas, Mateja ^a   Žumer, Barbara ^a   Karner, Katarina ^a   Hočevar, Marko ^a   Strojan, Primož ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Groin; Melanoma; Radiotherapy; Regional control; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL RATES; CONVENTIONAL FRACTIONATIONS; EQUIVALENT DOSE; LYMPH NODE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA METASTASIS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS;

DERMATOLOGY; DISSECTION; JETTIES; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SOFTWARE TESTING; SURGERY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INGUINAL REGION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; POST TREATMENT SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RISK FACTOR; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CICATRIX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; LEG; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859848988     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.06.1979     Document Type: Article

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