Epidemiology and prognosis of plantar melanoma in 62 Japanese patients over a 28-year period

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 515-519

  Kato, Taizo ^a   Suetake, T ^b   Tabata, N ^b   Takahashi, K ^b   Tagami, H ^b  

^a Tohoku Koseinenkin General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032780772     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1999.00736.x     Document Type: Article

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