Microscopic satellites around a primary melanoma: Another piece of the puzzle in melanoma staging

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1092-1094

  Balch, Charles M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; MELANOMA; NEUROPATHY; PROGNOSIS; SATELLITOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 64249136692     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0353-4     Document Type: Editorial

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