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What is a sentinel node? Re-evaluating the 10% rule for sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2007-06-15)
Introduction Many surgeons use the “10% rule” to define whether a lymph node is a sentinel node (SLN) when staging malignant melanoma. However, this increases the number of SLN removed and the time and cost of the procedure. ...
Sexually transmitted diseases and other urogenital conditions as risk factors for prostate cancer: a case–control study in Wayne County, Michigan
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer, 2005-04)
Objective To investigate associations between prostate cancer and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and vasectomy in a population-based case–control study in Wayne County, ...
Racial differences in cervical cancer survival in the Detroit metropolitan area
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BACKGROUND African-American (AA) women have lower survival rates from cervical cancer compared with white women. The objective of this study was to examine the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) and other variables ...
Desmoplastic and neurotropic melanoma
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BACKGROUND Desmoplastic and neurotropic melanoma (DNMM) occasionally metastasizes to regional lymph nodes and extranodal sites. The value of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has not been demonstrated clearly for patients ...
Thin primary cutaneous melanomas
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BACKGROUND Public awareness and education may lead to the detection of thinner melanomas, which may result in a decrease in morbidity and mortality rates. Which detection patterns, lesion, and patient characteristics are ...
Sentinel lymph node biopsy for patients with problematic spitzoid melanocytic lesions
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BACKGROUND Spindle and/or epithelioid melanocytic proliferations that display overlapping histopathologic features of Spitz nevus and Spitz-like melanoma are diagnostically difficult and controversial melanocytic tumors. ...
Current management of patients with melanoma who are pregnant, want to get pregnant, or do not want to get pregnant See referenced original article on pages 2248–53, this issue.
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No abstract.
A comparison of staging systems for squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva
(Elsevier, 1992-10)
A review of 172 patients with squamous cell cancer of the vulva treated at the University of Michigan Medical Center from 1975-1989 was performed to compare the 1988 FIGO Staging System to the 1970 FIGO Staging System. The ...