Subungual melanoma: management considerations

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 244-248

  Cohen, Tzeela ^a   Busam, Klaus J ^a   Patel, Ami ^a   Brady, Mary S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Management; Melanoma; Recurrence; Sentinel lymph node; Subungual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEATH; EXCISION; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MELANOMA; NAIL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; SUBUNGUAL MELANOMA; SURVIVAL; THUMB; TOE PHALANX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38049065332     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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