Prognosis of thick cutaneous melanoma

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-247

  Kim, Steve H ^a   Garcia, Carlos ^a   Rodriguez, Juan ^a   Coit, Daniel G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; THICKNESS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULCER;

EID: 0032913199     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00296-8     Document Type: Article

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