Prognosis for cutaneous melanoma according to surgical department: Comparative study at a tertiary care hospital;Pronóstico del melanoma cutáneo según el servicio quirúrgico: Estudio comparativo en un hospital de tercer nivel

Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 247-252

  Avilés, José A ^a   Lázaro, Pablo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Melanoma; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MELANOMA; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN ULCER; SURGEON; SURGICAL WARD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 33745684006     PISSN: 00017310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-7310(06)73392-0     Document Type: Article

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