Racial differences in survival after surgical treatment for melanoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2925-2936

  Collins, Karen Kadela ^a,b   Fields, Ryan C ^c   Baptiste, Dadrie ^d   Liu, Ying ^a   Moley, Jeffrey ^a,b   Jeffe, Donna B ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIMARY TUMOR; RACE DIFFERENCE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 80052769821     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-1706-3     Document Type: Article

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