## Abstract ## Background Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNB) is a widely adopted staging procedure in patients with cutaneous melanoma. The benefits of SNB have not been evaluated thoroughly in older age groups. ## Methods This was a two-centre retrospective observational study of patients with me
Radioguided sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with malignant cutaneous melanoma: The nuclear medicine contribution
β Scribed by Giuliano Mariani; Paola Erba; Gianpiero Manca; Giuseppe Villa; Marco Gipponi; Giuseppe Boni; Ferdinando Buffoni; Sergio Suriano; Franca Castagnola; Mirco Bartolomei; H. William Strauss
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 170 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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