TY - GEN AU - van der Ploeg,Augustinus P T AU - Haydu,Lauren E AU - Spillane,Andrew J AU - Scolyer,Richard A AU - Quinn,Michael J AU - Saw,Robyn P M AU - Shannon,Kerwin F AU - Stretch,Jonathan R AU - Thompson,John F TI - Melanoma patients with an unknown primary tumor site have a better outcome than those with a known primary following therapeutic lymph node dissection for macroscopic (clinically palpable) nodal disease SN - 1534-4681 PY - 2015///0417 KW - Female KW - Follow-Up Studies KW - Humans KW - Lymph Node Excision KW - mortality KW - Male KW - Melanoma KW - Middle Aged KW - Neoplasm Staging KW - Neoplasms, Unknown Primary KW - Postoperative Complications KW - Prognosis KW - Prospective Studies KW - Retrospective Studies KW - Skin Neoplasms KW - Survival Rate N1 - Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Comparative Study; Journal Article UR - https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-014-3679-5 ER -