Importance of clear resection margins in anorectal malignant melanoma

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-103

  Nilsson, P J ^a,b   Ragnarsson Olding, B K ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RARE DISEASE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; ANUS NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM;

EID: 72949113823     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6784     Document Type: Article

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