Malignant melanomas of the parotid: Comparison of survival for patients with metastases from known vs unknown primary tumor sites

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 635-639

  Wang, Beverly Y ^a   Lawson, William ^a   Robinson, Robert A ^b   Perez Ordonez, Bayardo ^c   Brandwein, Margaret ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PAROTIDECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0033039384     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.125.6.635     Document Type: Article

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