Primary oral mucosal melanoma: Advocate a wait-and-see policy in the clinically no patient

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1192-1198

  Wang, Xin ^a,b   Wu, He Ming ^a   Ren, Guo Xin ^a   Tang, Jie ^a   Guo, Wei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUXI PEOPLE S HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; ORAL MUCOSAL MELANOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 84860236299     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: 15315053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2011.03.036     Document Type: Article

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