The changing face of malignant melanoma

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 443-446

  Reintgen, Christian ^a   Shivers, Steven ^b   Reintgen, Michael ^a   Giuliano, Rosemary ^c   Reintgen, Douglas ^a  

^a Lakeland Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoma epidemic; Prognostic factors; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; DATA BASE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77950818742     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21515     Document Type: Article

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