Ultrasound of the sentinel node in melanoma patients: echo-free island is a discriminatory morphologic feature for node positivity

Unlike breast and thyroid cancer, the use of ultrasound (US)-guided fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) for preoperative staging is limited in melanoma. New US morphology criteria have shown that US-FNAC can correctly identify 50% of all involved sentinel nodes (SN) in melanoma patients before su...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Melanoma research 2016-06, Vol.26 (3), p.267-271
Hauptverfasser:	Voit, Christiane A, Oude Ophuis, Charlotte M C, Ulrich, Jens, van Akkooi, Alexander C J, Eggermont, Alexander M M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biopsy, Fine-Needle - methods Databases, Factual Female Humans Lymph Nodes - diagnostic imaging Lymph Nodes - pathology Male Melanoma - diagnostic imaging Melanoma - pathology Prospective Studies Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy - methods Skin Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Skin Neoplasms - pathology Ultrasonography - methods
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