Current management of mucosal melanoma of the head and neck

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 116-122

  Medina, Jesus E ^a   Ferlito, Alfio ^b,k   Pellitteri, Phillip K ^c   Shaha, Ashok R ^d   Khafif, Avi ^e   Devaney, Kenneth O ^f   Fisher, Samuel R ^g   O'Brien, Christopher J ^h   Byers, Robert M ⁱ   Robbins, K Thomas ^l   Pitman, Karen T ^j   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f Foote Health System   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^l NONE

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Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Immunohistochemistry; Mucosal melanoma; Neck dissection

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; MOUTH CAVITY; NECK DISSECTION; NOSE CAVITY; PARANASAL SINUS; PLASMACYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038209323     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.10247     Document Type: Review

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