Large congenital melanocytic nevi, risk of cutaneous melanoma, and prophylactic surgery

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 868-870

  Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a   Agero, Anna Liza C ^a   Benvenuto Andrade, Cristiane ^a   Dusza, Stephen W ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENOL;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LIMB; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NEVUS CELL; ONCOGENE; POPULATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SKIN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRUNK;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646107180     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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