Open AccessClinical Relevance of Molecular Staging for Melanoma
Author(s) -
Weiguo Li,
Alec Stall,
Steve Shivers,
Jeffrey Lin,
F. Haddad,
Jane L. Messina,
L. Frank Glass,
Gary H. Lyman,
Douglas S. Reintgen
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200006000-00003
Subject(s) - medicine , h&e stain , histology , pathology , melanoma , immunohistochemistry , biopsy , population , lymph , clinical significance , anatomical pathology , cancer research , environmental health
To determine the clinical significance of a molecular assay based on the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for the presence of micrometastatic melanoma cells in sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs).