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Lower tumour burden and better overall survival in melanoma patients with regional lymph node metastases and negative preoperative ultrasound

BACKGROUND: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the ability of ultrasound (US) and fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in reducing the number of melanoma patients requiring a sentinel node biopsy (SNB); to compare the amount of metastatic disease in regional lymph nodes in SNB candidates with...

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Autores principales: Pilko, Gasper, Zgajnar, Janez, Music, Maja, Hocevar, Marko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Versita, Warsaw 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3423764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22933981
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10019-011-0028-1