Malignant melanoma of the head and neck: Effect of treatment on survival

Laryngoscope

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 220-223

  Peralta, Elizabeth A ^a   Yarington Jr , C Thomas ^a   Glenn, Michael G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031951347     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199802000-00011     Document Type: Article

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