Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology as an addendum to sentinel lymph node biopsy can perfect the staging strategy in melanoma patients

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2280-2288

  Voit, Christiane A ^a,e   Gooskens, Saskia L M ^b,e   Siegel, Petra ^a   Schaefer, Gregor ^a   Schoengen, Alfred ^c   Röwert, Joachim ^a   Van Akkooi, Alexander C J ^b,e   Eggermont, Alexander M M ^d,e  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BUNDESWEHRKRANKENHAUS ULM   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^e EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology; Melanoma; Prognosis; Sentinel node; Survival; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905106067     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2014.05.027     Document Type: Article

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