Mucosal melanoma of the head and neck: Predictors of prognosis

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 331-337

  Shuman, Andrew G ^a   Light, Emily ^b   Olsen, Stephen H ^a   Pynnonen, Melissa A ^a   Taylor, Jeremy M G ^b   Johnson, Timothy M ^a   Bradford, Carol R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE STUDY; CHEEK MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; LIP; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MELANOMA; MITOSIS; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOSAL MELANOMA OF THE HEAD AND NECK; NOSE MUCOSA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SURVIVAL TIME; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79954522567     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2011.46     Document Type: Article

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