Classification of localized melanoma by the exponential survival trees method

Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1122-1128

  Huang, Xin ^a   Soong, Seng Jaw ^a   McCarthy, William H ^b   Urist, Marshall M ^a   Balch, Charles M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breslow's thickness; classification; exponential survival trees method; interaction; level of invasion; localized melanoma; primary lesion site; prognostic factors; ulceration

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030941978     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970315)79:6<1122::AID-CNCR10>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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