Should adjuvant radiotherapy be recommended following resection of regional lymph node metastases of malignant melanomas?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 66-70

  Fuhrmann, D ^a   Lippold, A ^a   Borrosch, F ^a   Ellwanger, U ^a,b   Garbe, C ^a,b,c   Suter, L ^a  

^a Fachklinik Hornheide   (Germany)

^b Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiotherapy; Malignant melanoma; Regional lymph node metastases

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035124752     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.03953.x     Document Type: Article

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