The role of elective lymph node dissection (ELND) for treatment of cutaneous melanoma is still debated. Initially, lymphatic mapping technique was performed by an intradermic injection of vital blue dye; subsequently, it was improved by the use of radioguided surgery (RGS). Preliminary experience wi
Cutaneous melanoma in patients with sarcoma
β Scribed by Carola Berking; Mary S. Brady
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 105 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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β¦ Synopsis
melanoma and sarcoma when they reviewed their experience with other malignancies occurring in patients with a diagnosis of sarcoma. 1 Medical Student, Ludwig-Maximilians-Univer-
METHODS.
The authors identified 48 patients with both melanoma and bone or sity, Munich, Germany.
soft tissue sarcoma (STS) by a computer search of all sarcoma patients entered into their institution's cancer registry between 1943 and 1996 who had an additional
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