Long-term prognosis and significance of the sentinel lymph node in head and neck melanoma

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 699-706

  Parrett, Brian M ^a,b   Kashani Sabet, Mohammed ^a   Singer, Mark I ^a   Li, Rui ^c   Thummala, Suresh ^a   Fadaki, Niloofar ^d   Leong, Stanley P L ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Novartis Molecular Diagnostics LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

head and neck; melanoma; prognosis; scalp; sentinel lymph node; sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCALP TUMOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84870435039     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812444268     Document Type: Review

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