Actual false-negative rate prompts the routine use of ultrasound scan before and after sentinel node biopsy in melanoma

Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Oct;15(10):2976-7. doi: 10.1245/s10434-008-9999-6. Epub 2008 Jun 11.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • False Negative Reactions
  • Humans
  • Melanoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Melanoma / secondary
  • Melanoma / surgery
  • Prognosis
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy*
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery
  • Ultrasonography / statistics & numerical data*