Clinical and pathological features of cutaneous malignant melanoma: A retrospective analysis of 124 Japanese patients

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 144-151

  Kuno, Yoshie ^a   Ishihara, Kazuyuki ^a   Yamazaki, Naoya ^a   Mukai, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cutaneous malignant melanoma; Histopathology; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030160696     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jjco.a023198     Document Type: Article

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