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Annals of Surgical Oncology
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 10/2009

01-10-2009 | Melanomas

Prognostic False-Positivity and Cost-Effectiveness in Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma

Author: J. Meirion Thomas

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 10/2009

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The calculations made by Morton et al.1 about the cost-effectiveness of sentinel node biopsy (SNB), published in a recent issue of this Journal, depend entirely on the accuracy of the claimed 20% survival difference between two groups of patients having immediate (122/764) versus delayed lymphadenectomy (78/500) as reported in the third interim analysis of MSLT-12 (72.3 ± 4.6% versus 52.4 ± 5.9%). …
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Metadata
Title
Prognostic False-Positivity and Cost-Effectiveness in Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma
Author
J. Meirion Thomas
Publication date
01-10-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 10/2009
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-009-0587-1

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