Management of malignant melanoma of the head and neck

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1993, Pages 998-1000

  Orr, D J A ^a   Hughes, L E ^a   Horgan, K ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0027328785     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800800821     Document Type: Article

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