The prognostic impact of the anatomical sites in the 'head and neck melanoma': Scalp versus face and neck

Melanoma Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 402-405

  De Giorgi, Vincenzo ^a   Rossari, Susanna ^a   Gori, Alessia ^a   Grazzini, Marta ^a   Savarese, Imma ^a   Crocetti, Emanuele ^b   Cervadoro, Elisa ^a   Massi, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

face; head; melanoma; neck; prognosis; scalp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; FACE CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK MELANOMA; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; LOWER LIMB MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; ULCER; UPPER LIMB MELANOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866247021     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: 14735636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e3283577b96     Document Type: Article

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