Prognostic implications of anatomic location of primary cutaneous melanoma of 1 mm or thicker

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 202, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 659-665

  Callender, Glenda G ^a   Egger, Michael E ^a   Burton, Alison L ^a   Scoggins, Charles R ^a   Ross, Merrick I ^b   Stromberg, Arnold J ^c   Hagendoorn, Lee ^d   Robert Martin II, C G ^a   McMasters, Kelly M ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d Advertek Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic location; Anatomic site; Melanoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARM MELANOMA; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK MELANOMA; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEG MELANOMA; LIMB TUMOR; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIMARY CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRUNK TUMOR; TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82655171818     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.06.048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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