Does staging computered tomography change management in thick malignant melanoma?

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 453-456

  Sawyer, Adam ^a   McGoldrick, R B ^a   Mackey, S P ^a   Allan, R ^a   Powell, B ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Malignant melanoma; Metastasis; Staging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY REGIONS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NECK METASTASIS; PELVIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62749159709     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.11.024     Document Type: Article

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