Adverse outcomes associated with noncompliance with melanoma treatment guidelines

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2395-2402

  Erickson Foster, Jennifer ^a,b,c   Velasco, Josè M ^a,b,c   Hieken, Tina J ^a,b,c  

^a RUSH NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse outcomes; Melanoma; Surgical treatment; Treatment guidelines

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELLULITIS; ECTROPION; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KELOID; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; NEUROPATHY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50049126095     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0021-0     Document Type: Article

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