Prognostic significance of molecular upstaging of paraffin-embedded sentinel lymph nodes in melanoma patients.
Takeuchi H, Morton DL, Kuo C, Turner RR, Elashoff D, Elashoff R, Taback B, Fujimoto A, Hoon DS.
Takeuchi H, et al.
J Clin Oncol. 2004 Jul 1;22(13):2671-80. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2004.12.009.
J Clin Oncol. 2004.
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PURPOSE: Detection of micrometastases in sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) is important for accurate staging and prognosis in melanoma patients. ...We hypothesized that a quantitative realtime reverse transcriptase polymerase c …
PURPOSE: Detection of micrometastases in sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) is important for accurate staging and prognosis in …