High-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and the emerging role of sentinel lymph node biopsy: A literature review

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 127-137

  Navarrete Dechent, Cristián ^a   Veness, Michael J ^c,d   Droppelmann, Nicolás ^b   Uribe, Pablo ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

high risk; lymph node; metastasis; nonmelanoma skin cancer; review; sentinel lymph node biopsy; squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK CUTANEOUS SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MORBIDITY; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; SKIN CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84937921603     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2015.03.039     Document Type: Review

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