Management of lentigo, maligna and lentigo maligna melanoma with staged excision: A 5-year follow-up

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 552-558

  Bub, Jennifer L ^a,b   Berg, Daniel ^a   Slee, April ^b   Odland, Peter B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Skin Surgery Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SKIN SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASHINGTON;

EID: 2442665476     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.5.552     Document Type: Article

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