Efficacy of ultrasound B-scan compared with physical examination in follow-up of melanoma patients

Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2409-2416

  Voit, Christiane ^a   Mayer, Thomas ^b   Kr, Martina ^c   Schoengen, Alfred ^a   Sterry, Wolfram ^d   Weber, Lutz ^c   Proebstle, Thomas M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHRKRANKENHAUS ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Melanoma follow up; Overall survival; Physical examination; Ultrasound B scan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; B SCAN; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035876212     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010615)91:12<2409::AID-CNCR1275>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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