Number of primary melanomas is an independent predictor of survival in patients with metastatic melanoma

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4519-4529

  Murali, Rajmohan ^a,b,c,d   Brown, Philip T ^a   Kefford, Richard F ^a,b,e   Scolyer, Richard A ^a,b,c   Thompson, John F ^a,b,c,f   Atkins, Michael B ^a,g   Long, Georgina V ^a,b,c,e  

^a MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

metastatic melanoma; multiple primary melanomas; pathology; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTATIC MELANOMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84865957345     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27693     Document Type: Article

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