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Patients with lymphatic metastasis of cutaneous malignant melanoma benefit from sentinel lymphonodectomy and early excision of their nodal disease

Lutz Kretschmer, Reinhard Hilgers, Matthias Möhrle, B.-R. Balda, Helmut Breuninger, Birger Konz, Christian Kunte, W. C. Marsch, Christine Neumann, Hans Starz

European Journal of Cancer · 2003 · 134 citations · 22 references

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Technical Details of Intraoperative Lymphatic Mapping for Early Stage Melanoma

Donald L. Morton · Archives of Surgery · 1992 · 4.4K citations

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Multi-Institutional Melanoma Lymphatic Mapping Experience: The Prognostic Value of Sentinel Lymph Node Status in 612 Stage I or II Melanoma Patients

Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, William Thompson, Jeffrey E. Lee et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 1999 · 1.1K citations

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Inefficacy of Immediate Node Dissection in Stage 1 Melanoma of the Limbs

Umberto Veronesi, J Adamus, D. C. Bandiera et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1977 · 667 citations

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Immediate or delayed dissection of regional nodes in patients with melanoma of the trunk: a randomised trial

N. Cascinelli, Alberto Morabito, Mario Santinami et al. · The Lancet · 1998 · 648 citations

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Efficacy of an Elective Regional Lymph Node Dissection of 1 to 4 mm Thick Melanomas for Patients 60 Years of Age and Younger

Charles M. Balch, Seng-Jaw Soong, Alfred A. Bartolucci et al. · Annals of Surgery · 1996 · 634 citations

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