Chronology of metastasis in cutaneous melanoma: Growth rate model

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1215-1221

  Tejera Vaquerizo, Antonio ^a   Nagore, Eduardo ^b   Meléndez, Juan J ^c   López Navarro, Norberto ^a   Martorell Calatayud, Antonio ^b   Herrera Acosta, Enrique ^a   Traves, Victor ^b   Guillén, Carlos ^b   Herrera Ceballos, Enrique ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CHRONOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84858299080     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2011.433     Document Type: Article

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