Assessment of a new scoring system for predicting non-sentinel node positivity in sentinel node-positive melanoma patients

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 179-184

  Wevers, K P ^a   Murali, R ^b   Bastiaannet, E ^a   Scolyer, R A ^c,d   Suurmeijer, A J ^a   Thompson, J F ^c,d   Hoekstra, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Completion lymph node dissection; Melanoma; Non sentinel node; Predictors; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

MELAN A; PROTEIN S 100;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NON SENTINEL NODE RISK SCORE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84872159710     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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