A Prognostic Model for Predicting 10-Year Survival in Patients with Primary Melanoma

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 369-375

  Schuchter, Lynn ^a   Schultz, Delray J ^b   Synnestvedt, Marie ^b   Trock, Bruce J ^c   Guerry, DuPont ^a   Elder, David E ^a   Elenitsas, Rosalie ^a   Clark, Wallace H ^d   Halpern, A C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030240674     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-125-5-199609010-00003     Document Type: Article

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