Growth rate as a prognostic factor in localized invasive cutaneous melanoma

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-154

  Tejera Vaquerizo, A ^a   Barrera Vigo, M V ^a   Lopez Navarro N ^a   Herrera Ceballos, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Melanoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MITOSIS INDEX; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; THICKNESS; ULCER;

AGED; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 74549137347     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03367.x     Document Type: Article

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