Melanoma of the ear: Treatment and survival probabilities based on 199 patients

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-76

  Ravin, Adam G ^a   Pickett, Nancy ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey L ^b   Fisher, Samuel R ^a   Levin, L Scott ^a   Seigler, Hilliard F ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer of ear; Cancer survival; Ear; Ear reconstruction; Melanoma; Melanoma of ear

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; EAR TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; THICKNESS; ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EAR NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745624849     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000208960.96944.c9     Document Type: Article

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