Tumor location predicts survival in cutaneous head and neck melanoma

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-198

  Tseng, Warren H ^a   Martinez, Steve R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

head and neck neoplasms; melanoma; population analysis; survival; tumor location

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CUTANEOUS HEAD AND NECK MELANOMA; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIP; MALE; MELANOMA; NECK; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; SEER PROGRAM; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954625108     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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