A prospective randomized study of the efficacy of routine elective lymphadenectomy in management of malignant melanoma. Preliminary results

Cancer

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1978, Pages 948-956

  Sim, Franklin H ^a   Taylor, William F ^a   Ivins, John C ^a   Pritchard, Douglas J ^a   Soule, Edward H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0017891188     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(197803)41:3<948::AID-CNCR2820410324>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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