The long-term clinical course of patients with cutaneous melanoma

Cancer

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1286-1293

  Gamel, John W ^a,b   George, Stephen L ^c   Edwards, Michael J ^b   Seigler, Hilliard F ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cured fraction survival model; Cutaneous melanoma; Log normal survival model; Prognostic factors; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ULCER; SURVIVAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037105557     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10813     Document Type: Article

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