@article{cd13251504e44a77babe8d686f53d794,
title = "Treatment influencing down-staging in EORTC Melanoma Group sentinel node histological protocol compared with complete step-sectioning: a national multicentre study",
abstract = "Metastasis size in melanoma sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) is an emerging prognostic factor. Two European melanoma treatment trials include SLN metastasis diameters as inclusion criteria. Whilst diameter estimates are sensitive to the number of sections examined, the level of this bias is largely unknown. We performed a prospective multicentre study to compare the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) recommended protocol with a protocol of complete step-sectioning.",
keywords = "Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Clinical Protocols, Female, Humans, Lymph Nodes, Lymphatic Metastasis, Male, Melanoma, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Prospective Studies, Skin Neoplasms, Young Adult",
author = "Rikke Riber-Hansen and Nina Hastrup and Ole Clemmensen and Nille Behrendt and Siri Klausen and Mette Ramsing and Eva Spaun and Hamilton-Dutoit, {Stephen Jacques} and Torben Steiniche",
note = "Copyright {\textcopyright} 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1016/j.ejca.2011.08.019",
language = "English",
volume = "48",
pages = "347--52",
journal = "European Journal of Cancer, Supplement",
issn = "0959-8049",
publisher = "Pergamon",
number = "3",
}