Clinical and pathological features of metastases of primary cutaneous desmoplastic melanoma

Histopathology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 886-895

  Murali, Rajmohan ^a,b,c   Zannino, Diana ^d   Synnott, Maria ^b   Mccarthy, Stanley W ^a,b,c   Thompson, John F ^b,c   Scolyer, Richard A ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desmoplastic melanoma; Diagnosis; Histopathology; Metastatic melanoma; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESMOPLASTIC MELANOMA; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PREDICTION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN METASTASIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79956086465     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.03808.x     Document Type: Article

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