Value of elective lymph node dissection in the management of malignant melanoma

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 855-859

  Ramadan, Medhat Mohammad ^a   Alazoony, Hamed Ahmad ^a   Abo Alyazied, Mohmoud ^a   Albebdary, Saeed Hosny ^a  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Elective lymph node dissection; Excision margin; Local recurrence and regional recurrence; Malignant melanoma; Predictive value

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MELANOMA; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 34250874587     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2007.855.859     Document Type: Article

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