Melanoma with an unknown primary - A case series

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2071-2080

  O'Neill, J K ^a   Khundar, R ^a   Knowles, L ^a   Scott Young, N ^a   Orlando, A ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Metastasis; PET scan; Regression; Unknown primary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78650418014     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.02.028     Document Type: Article

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