Findings of computed tomography in stage IIB and IIC melanoma: A six-year retrospective study in the South-East of Scotland

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1216-1219

  Orfaniotis, Georgios ^a   Mennie, Joanna C ^a   Fairbairn, Neil ^a   Butterworth, Mark ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Melanoma; Metastasis; Stage IIB; Stage IIC

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MELANOMA METASTASIS; NECK; PELVIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864693038     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2012.03.044     Document Type: Article

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