Mitotic rate as a predictor of sentinel lymph node positivity in patients with thin melanomas.

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Published in Ann Surg Oncol on April 19, 2005

Authors

Susan B Kesmodel1, Giorgos C Karakousis, Jeffrey D Botbyl, Robert J Canter, Robert T Lewis, Peter M Wahl, Kyla P Terhune, Abass Alavi, David E Elder, Michael E Ming, DuPont Guerry, Phyllis A Gimotty, Douglas L Fraker, Brian J Czerniecki, Francis R Spitz

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.

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