Clinical outcomes of localized melanoma of the foot: A case-control study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 853-857

  Talley, Lynya I ^a   Soong, Seng Jaw ^a,d   Harrison, Renee A ^a   McCarthy, William H ^d   Urist, Marshall M ^b   Balch, Charles M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

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

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cancer recurrence; Epidemiologic methods; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THICKNESS; TUMOR; ULCER;

EID: 0032188785     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00071-7     Document Type: Article

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