Addition of an iliac/obturator lymph node dissection does not improve nodal recurrence or survival in melanoma

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 101-108

  Egger, Michael E ^a   Brown, Russell E ^b   Roach, Brent A ^a   Quillo, Amy R ^a   Martin, Robert C G ^a   Scoggins, Charles R ^a   Stromberg, Arnold J ^c   McMasters, Kelly M ^a  

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

^b Cancer Surgery of Mobile   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROIN; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903180562     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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