Sentinel and nonsentinel node status in stage IB and II melanoma patients: two-step prognostic indicators of survival.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on September 20, 2006

Authors

Natale Cascinelli1, Emilio Bombardieri, Rosaria Bufalino, Tiziana Camerini, Antonino Carbone, Claudio Clemente, Leonardo Lenisa, Luigi Mascheroni, Andrea Maurichi, Elisabetta Pennacchioli, Roberto Patuzzo, Mario Santinami, Gabrina Tragni

Author Affiliations

1: Nuclear Medicine Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy. direzionescientifica@istitutotumori.mi.it

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