Head and Neck Melanoma

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-77

  Larson, David L ^a   Larson, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Lymphadenectomy; Malignant melanoma; Neck dissection; Sentinel lymph node; Staging; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EXTERNAL EAR; EYELID; FACE; FOLLOW UP; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; NECK; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCALP; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN FLAP; SKIN SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

BIOPSY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; NECK; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70449359705     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2009.08.005     Document Type: Review

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