A 10-year, single-institution analysis of clinicopathologic features and sentinel lymph node biopsy in thin melanomas

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 693-699

  Cooper, Chelsea ^a   Wayne, Jeffrey D ^a   Damstetter, Elizabeth M ^a   Martini, Mary ^a   Gordon, Jennifer ^b   Guitart, Joan ^a   West, Dennis P ^a   Nardone, Beatrice ^a   Rademaker, Alfred ^a   Gerami, Pedram ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

American Joint Committee on Cancer; melanoma prognosis; mitotic rate; sentinel lymph node biopsy; thin melanoma ulceration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MITOSIS RATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; WIDE EXCISION;

AJCC; AMERICAN JOINT COMMITTEE ON CANCER; MELANOMA PROGNOSIS; MITOTIC RATE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SLN; SLNB; THIN MELANOMA; ULCERATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885627206     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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