Incidence of sentinel lymph node involvement in a modern, large series of desmoplastic melanoma

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-44

  Egger, Michael E ^a   Huber, Katherine M ^a   Dunki Jacobs, Erik M ^a   Quillo, Amy R ^a   Scoggins, Charles R ^a   Martin II, Robert C G ^a   Stromberg, Arnold J ^b   McMasters, Kelly M ^a   Callender, Glenda G ^c  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BRESLOW THICKNESS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOPLASTIC MELANOMA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; THICKNESS; ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879528752     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.05.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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