Clinicopathologic study of 85 cases of melanoma of the female genitalia

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 598-605

  Tcheung, Win J ^a   Selim, Maria A ^a   Herndon II, James E ^a   Abernethy, Amy P ^a   Nelson, Kelly C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atypical melanocytic hyperplasia; female genitalia; histopathologic features; melanoma; sentinel lymph node dissection; vulva; vulvar melanoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CANCER VACCINE; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DERMATOLOGIST; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL MELANOMA; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOG RANK TEST; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; UTERINE CERVIX MELANOMA; VAGINA MELANOMA; VULVA MELANOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863998260     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.11.921     Document Type: Article

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