Long term results of a randomized study by the swedish melanoma study group on 2-cm versus 5-cm resection margins for patients with cutaneous melanoma with a tumor thickness of 0.8-2.0 mm

Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1495-1501

  Cohn Cedermark, Gabriella ^a   Rutqvist, Lars Erik ^a   Andersson, Ronny ^b   Breivald, Mats ^c   Ingvar, Christian ^d   Johansson, Hemming ^a   Jönsson, Per Ebbe ^e   Krysander, Lennart ^f   Lindholm, Christer ^g   Ringborg, Ulrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Locoregional recurrence; Long term follow up; Primary melanoma; Randomized study; Resection margins; Survival; Tumor thickness 0.8 2 mm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SKIN TUMOR; THICKNESS; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034307202     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20001001)89:7<1495::AID-CNCR12>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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