Impact of thorough block sampling in the histologic evaluation of melanomas

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 734-736

  Dyson, Senait W ^a   Bass, Jonathan ^a   Pomeranz, Jerome ^a   Jaworsky, Christine ^a   Sigel, Jessica ^a   Somach, Stephen ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; THICKNESS; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; ULCER; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 21844474293     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.6.734     Document Type: Review

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