Pronostic factors in primary malignant melanoma of the conjunctiva. A clinicopathological study of 56 cases;Facteurs pronostiques du melanome malin de la conjonctive. Etude anatomo-clinique sur 56 patients

Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-321

  Desjardins, L ^a   Poncet, P ^a   Levy, C ^a   Schlienger, P ^a   Asselain, B ^a   Validire, P ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Conjunctival melanoma; Radiotherapy; Recurrence; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CORNEA LIMBUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NEVUS; PRECANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AFTERCARE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033011351     PISSN: 01815512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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