Influence of biopsy on the prognosis of cutaneous melanoma of the head and neck

Head and Neck

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-117

  Austin, John R ^a,b   Byers, Robert M ^a   Brown, Wendi D ^a   Wolf, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Box 069 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0029915759     PISSN: 01486403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199603/04)18:2<107::aid-hed1>3.0.co;2-5     Document Type: Article

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