Local recurrence in malignant melanoma: Long-term results of the multiinstitutional randomized surgical trial

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 446-452

  Karakousis, Constantine P ^a   Balch, Charles M ^b   Urist, Marshall M ^c   Ross, Merrick M ^b   Smith, Thomas J ^d   Bartolucci, Alfred A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Kentucky   (United States)

^d MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Local recurrence; Melanoma; Resection margins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030226546     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02305762     Document Type: Article

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