Evaluation of 39 cases of pediatric cutaneous head and neck melanoma

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Tcheung, Win J ^a   Marcello, Jennifer E ^a   Puri, Puja K ^a   Abernethy, Amy P ^a   Nelson, Kelly C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

head and neck melanoma; histopathology of melanoma; melanoma epidemiology; melanoma in children; pediatric melanoma; scalp and neck melanoma; sentinel lymph node dissection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK MELANOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; NECK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NORTH CAROLINA; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960432571     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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