Quantitative measurement of melanoma spread in sentinel lymph nodes and survival.

Quantitative measurement of melanoma spread in sentinel lymph nodes and survival.

BACKGROUND: Sentinel lymph node spread is a crucial factor in melanoma outcome. We aimed to define the impact of minimal cancer spread and of increasing numbers of disseminated cancer cells on melanoma-specific survival. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We analyzed 1,834 sentinel nodes from 1,027 patients with...

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Main Authors: Anja Ulmer, Klaus Dietz, Isabelle Hodak, Bernhard Polzer, Sebastian Scheitler, Murat Yildiz, Zbigniew Czyz, Petra Lehnert, Tanja Fehm, Christian Hafner, Stefan Schanz, Martin Röcken, Claus Garbe, Helmut Breuninger, Gerhard Fierlbeck, Christoph A Klein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-02-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3928050?pdf=render

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