Is sentinel node biopsy in melanoma a test or a treatment?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dixon, Anthony J ^a  

^a Australasian College of Cutaneous Oncology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLAXIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LYMPHEDEMA; MEDICAL ETHICS; MELANOMA; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; PATHOLOGY; SECONDARY;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 84890030111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f677     Document Type: Letter

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