Prognostic factors for Taiwanese patients with cutaneous melanoma undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsy

Prognostic factors for Taiwanese patients with cutaneous melanoma undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsy

Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a standard procedure in the management of clinically node-negative melanoma. However, few studies have been performed on SLNB in Asia, which is an acral melanoma-prevalent area. This study evaluated the clinicopathologic prognostic factors of disease-free surviva...

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Main Authors: Chiao-En Wu, Chia-Hsun Hsieh, Cheng-Jen Chang, Jiun-Ting Yeh, Tseng-Tong Kuo, Chih-Hsun Yang, Yung-Feng Lo, Kun-Ju Lin, Yung-Chang Lin, John Wen-Cheng Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-05-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Subjects:
acral lentiginous melanoma
cutaneous melanoma
malignant melanoma
prognostic factors
sentinel lymph node biopsy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664613002222

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