Desmoplastic melanoma - The step-child in the melanoma family?

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-162

  Wasif, Nabil ^a   Gray, Richard J ^a   Pockaj, Barbara A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

desmoplastic melanoma; margins; sentinel node; surgery; survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER FAMILY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOPLASTIC MELANOMA; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NECK; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; SURVIVAL TIME; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGISTRIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79251509930     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21778     Document Type: Article

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