Prognostic variables and prognostic groups for malignant melanoma. The information from Cox and Classification And Regression Trees analysis: An Italian population-based study

Melanoma Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 429-433

  Crocetti, Emanuele ^a,e   Mangone, Lucia ^c   Scocco, Giovanni Lo ^d   Carli, Paolo ^b  

^a Centre for the Study and Cancer Prevention   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Reggio Emilia Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^d Prato Hospital   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification And Regression Trees; Cox; Malignant melanoma; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORPHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33749452397     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cmr.0000222602.80803.e1     Document Type: Article

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