Subclassification of desmoplastic melanoma: Pure and mixed variants have significantly different capacities for lymph node metastasis

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 425-432

  George, Evan ^a,e   McClain, Susannah E ^b   Slingluff, Craig L ^c   Polissar, Nayak L ^d   Patterson, James W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Mountain Whisper Light Statistical Consulting   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MITOSIS INDEX; MIXED DESMOPLASTIC MELANOMA; PURE DESMOPLASTIC MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 61449230835     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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