Long-term results of a prospective surgical trial comparing 2 cm vs. 4 cm excision margins for 740 patients with 1-4 mm melanomas

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-108

  Balch, C M ^a   Soong, S J ^a   Smith, T ^a   Ross, M I ^a   Urist, M M ^a   Karakousis, C P ^a   Temple, W J ^a   Mihm, M C ^a   Barnhill, R L ^a   Jewell, W R ^a   Wanebo, H J ^a   Desmond, R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cox regression; Melanoma; Neoplasm staging; Risk factors; Surgical excision margins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; EXCISION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035090613     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/aso.2001.8.2.101     Document Type: Article

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