Follow-up requirements for thick cutaneous melanoma

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 349-353

  Sylaidis, P ^a,b   Gordon, D ^a   Rigby, H ^a   Kenealy, J ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030842020     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(97)90544-0     Document Type: Article

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