Correlation of the growth rate of melanoma with the temporal appearance of metastasis

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 366-367

  Tejera Vaquerizo, A ^a   Lopez Navarro, N ^a   Alcaide Martin, A ^a   Herrera Acosta, E ^a   Herrera Ceballos, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RELAPSE; EXCISION; GENDER; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPAIN;

AGE FACTORS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79751469792     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03723.x     Document Type: Letter

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