Correlation of cytogenetic abnormalities with the outcome of patients with uveal melanoma

Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 354-359

  White, Valerie A ^a,b   Chambers, Jeffrey D ^b   Courtright, Paul D ^b   Chang, Wilma Y ^b   Horsman, Douglas E ^a,b  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromosomal abnormality; Eye neoplasms; Human chromosomes (pairs 3, 6, and 8); Melanoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 8; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UVEA MELANOMA;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032528210     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19980715)83:2<354::AID-CNCR20>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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