Survival in patients with uveal melanoma in Europe

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1413-1418

  Virgili, Gianni ^a   Gatta, Gemma ^c   Ciccolallo, Laura ^c   Capocaccia, Riccardo ^d   Biggeri, Annibale ^a,b   Crocetti, Emanuele ^b   Lutz, Jean Michel ^e   Paci, Eugenio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e GENEVA CANCER REGISTRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; UVEA MELANOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 54049099236     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.10.1413     Document Type: Article

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