Mucosal melanoma of the head and neck: 32-year experience in a tertiary referral hospital

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2749-2753

  Chan, Richie Chiu Lung ^a   Chan, Jimmy Yu Wai ^a   Wei, William Ignace ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

head and neck mucosal melanoma; melanoma; Mucosal melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK MUCOSAL MELANOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; METASTASIS FREE SURVIVAL; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871321775     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23625     Document Type: Review

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