title: Uncertainties in the management of melanoma nodal metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital of Crete, Voutes, 71100, Greece. Electronic address: ozoras@med.uoc.gr.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zoras
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, The York Hospital Wigginton Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO31 8HE, UK. Electronic address: kwstaslasith@yahoo.gr.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lasithiotakis
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Mail Code 8548, Dallas, TX, 75390-8548, USA. Electronic address: charles.balch@utsouthwestern.edu.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Balch
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008545:Melanoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy / Q000379:methods; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000009:adverse effects; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D035501:Uncertainty
keywords: Controversy; Lymph node metastasis; Melanoma; Stage III; Uncertainties