Comparison of the use and results of sentinel lymph node biopsy in children and young adults with melanoma

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2700-2707

  Mu, Euphemia ^a   Lange, Julie R ^a   Strouse, John J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic; melanoma; pediatric; sentinel lymph node biopsy; young adult

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; SEER PROGRAM; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860692840     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26578     Document Type: Article

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