Angiotropism is an independent predictor of microscopic satellites in primary cutaneous melanoma

Histopathology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 889-898

  Wilmott, James ^a,b   Haydu, Lauren ^b   Bagot, Martine ^c   Zhang, Yuxiao ^b   Jakrot, Valerie ^b   Mccarthy, Stanley ^a,b   Lugassy, Claire ^c,d   Thompson, John ^b   Scolyer, Richard ^a,b   Barnhill, Raymond ^c,d  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotropism; Melanoma; Metastasis; Microscopic satellites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOTROPISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA CELL; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MITOSIS RATE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATELLITE LESION; SKIN TUMOR; TROPISM; TUMOR VOLUME; ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM MICROMETASTASIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84868139187     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2012.04279.x     Document Type: Article

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