Management of primary cutaneous melanoma of the hands and feet: A clinicoprognostic study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1505-1513

  Rex, Jordi ^a,b   Paradelo, Cristina ^b   Mangas, Cristina ^b   Hilari, Josep Maria ^b   FernÁndez Figueras, María Teresa ^b   FerrÁndiz, Carlos ^b  

^a Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ^*  (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON;

ACRAL MELANOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349659395     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01265.x     Document Type: Article

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