Surgical metastasectomy in AJCC stage IV M1c melanoma patients with gastrointestinal and liver metastases

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 634-639

  Chua, Terence C ^a   Saxena, Akshat ^a   Morris, David L ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Liver metastasis; Melanoma; Metastasectomy; Prognosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

EID: 77957331969     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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