Does shave biopsy accurately predict the final Breslow depth of primary cutaneous melanoma?

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 369-373

  Moore, Phillip ^a,c   Hundley, Jon ^a,b   Hundley, Jennifer ^a,b   Levine, Edward A ^a   Williford, Phillip ^a   Sangueza, Omar ^a   Mccoy, Thomas ^a   Shen, Perry ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT COUNSELING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHAVE BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME; AGED; BIOPSY; CANCER INVASION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGISTER; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67449102730     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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