Survival Superiority of Females With Melanoma: A Multivariate Analysis of 6383 Patients Exploring the Significance of Gender in Prognostic Outcome

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 316-324

  Stidham, Katrina R ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey L ^b   Seigler, Hilliard F ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0028349323     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1994.01420270094020     Document Type: Article

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