Pediatric melanoma: a single-institution experience of 150 patients

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1514-1521

  Aldrink, Jennifer H ^a,b   Selim, M Angelica ^a   Diesen, Diana L ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey ^a   Pruitt, Scott K ^a   Tyler, Douglas S ^a   Seigler, Hilliard F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric melanoma; Spitz nevus

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2; MELANOMA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER IMMUNIZATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONGENITAL NEVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650932360     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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