Malignant melanoma of the head and neck: A multi-institutional retrospective analysis of cases in Northern Japan

Head and Neck

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1537-1541

  Shiga, Kiyoto ^a   Ogawa, Takenori ^a   Kobayashi, Toshimitsu ^a   Ueda, Seigo ^b   Kondo, Atsushi ^c   Nanba, Atsushi ^d   Kuwashima, Shigeru ^e   Asada, Yukinori ^f   Suzuki, Seigo ^g   Nagahashi, Tatsumi ^h   Takahashi, Masafumi ⁱ   Suzuki, Masahiro ^j   Ishida, Akihiro ^k   Watanabe, Kenichi ^l   Harabuchi, Yasuaki ^b   Himi, Tetsuo ^c   Sinkawa, Hideichi ^d   Sato, Hiroaki ^e   Saijo, Shigeru ^f   Fukuda, Satoshi ^g   Tanaka, Katsuhiko ^h   Ishikawa, Kazuo ⁱ   Omori, Koichi ^j   Aoyagi, Masaru ^k   Hashimoto, Sho ^l   more..

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Miyagi Cancer Center   (Japan)

^g HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

ⁱ AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^j FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

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Author keywords

head and neck; malignant melanoma; Northern Japan; prognosis; treatment modality

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; HEAD AND NECK MELANOMA; HUMAN; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; JAPAN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84867841695     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21984     Document Type: Review

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