Cutaneous metastases from different internal malignancies: A clinical and prognostic appraisal

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 735-740

  Hu, S C S ^a   Chen, G S ^a,b   Lu, Y W ^c   Wu, C S ^c   Lan, C C E ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asian; Cutaneous metastasis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALP; SEX RATIO; SKIN METASTASIS; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TAIWAN; THORAX;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 43649104787     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02590.x     Document Type: Article

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