The unique clinical characteristics of melanoma diagnosed in children

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3888-3895

  Han, Dale ^a   Zager, Jonathan S ^a,b   Han, Gang ^a   Marzban, Suroosh S ^a   Puleo, Christopher A ^a   Sarnaik, Amod A ^a,b   Reed, Damon ^a,c   Messina, Jane L ^a,b   Sondak, Vernon K ^a,b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868120995     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2554-5     Document Type: Article

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