Value of neck dissection in the treatment of patients with intermediate- thickness cutaneous malignant melanoma of the head and neck

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 110-115

  Myers, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MELANOMA; NECK DISSECTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0032974066     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.125.1.110     Document Type: Review

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