Unique prognostic factors in acral lentiginous melanoma

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 874-880

  Egger, Michael E ^a   McMasters, Kelly M ^a   Callender, Glenda G ^a   Quillo, Amy R ^a   Martin II, Robert C G ^a   Stromberg, Arnold J ^b   Scoggins, Charles R ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acral lentiginous melanoma; Acral melanoma; Extremity melanoma; Melanoma histology; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ACRAL LENTIGINOUS MELANOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871011456     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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