The impact of ultrasound scanning in the staging and follow-up of patients with clinical stage I cutaneous melanoma

European Journal of Cancer Part A

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 200-203

  Rossi, C R ^a   Seno, A ^a   Vecchiato, A ^a   Foletto, M ^a   Tregnaghi, A ^a   De Candia, A ^a   Rubaltelli, L ^a   Montesco, C ^a   Lise, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cutaneous melanoma; Follow up; Staging; Ultrasound scanning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALPATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030994655     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(96)00406-6     Document Type: Article

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