Clinical diagnosis and therapy of cutaneous melanoma in situ

Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 888-892

  Bartoli, Cesare ^a   Bono, Aldo ^a   Clemente, Claudio ^a   Del Prato, Ivan ^a   Zurrida, Stefano ^a   Cascinelli, Natale ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b WHO Melanoma Program

Author keywords

cutaneous melanoma; diagnosis; in situ melanoma; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030047023     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19960301)77:5<888::aid-cncr12>3.0.co;2-#     Document Type: Article

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