Metastatic behavior in melanoma: Timing, pattern, survival, and influencing factors

Journal of Oncology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tas, Faruk ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTATIC MELANOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

EID: 84864916063     PISSN: 16878450     EISSN: 16878469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/647684     Document Type: Article

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