Comparison of sentinel lymph node micrometastatic tumor burden measurements in melanoma

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 519-528

  Egger, Michael E ^a   Bower, Matthew R ^b   Czyszczon, Irene A ^a   Farghaly, Hanan ^a   Noyes, R Dirk ^c   Reintgen, Douglas S ^d   Martin II, Robert C G ^a   Scoggins, Charles R ^a   Stromberg, Arnold J ^e   McMasters, Kelly M ^a  

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

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Intermountain Surgical Specialists   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRESLOW THICKNESS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEWAR CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MICROMETASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONSENTINEL NODE METASTASIS; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; STARZ CLASSIFICATION; ULCER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM MICROMETASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84896494023     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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