Malignant melanoma of the oral cavity: Diagnosis and treatment Experience in a Mexican population

Oral Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 425-430

  Lopez Graniel, C M ^a   Ochoa Carrillo, F J ^a   Meneses Garcia A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; Oral cavity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HARD PALATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALATAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033168779     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1368-8375(99)00017-2     Document Type: Article

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