The definition of the sentinel lymph node in melanoma based on radioactive counts
- 1 November 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Vol. 9 (9) , 929-933
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02557533
Abstract
There is no consensus on the definition of a hot, nonblue sentinel lymph node (SLN), despite the widespread use of radiocolloid in SLN mapping.Keywords
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