Sentinel lymph nodes in malignant melano
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Helene Nortvig Abrahamsen; Stephen J. Hamilton-Dutoit; Jรธrn Larsen; Torben Stein
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The optimal technique for sentinel lymph node (SN) assessment in patients with melanoma is controversial. Molecular analysis (reverse transcriptaseโpolymerase chain reaction) detects significantly greater numbers of SNs with suspected micrometastases (up to 71%) than does