The changing survival of patients with mycosis fungoides: A population- based assessment of trends in the United States

Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 208-212

  Weinstock, Martin A ^a,b   Reynes, Josefina F ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Lymphoma; Mycosis fungoides; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032922068     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19990101)85:1<208::AID-CNCR28>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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