Melanoma of unknown primary origin: A population-based study in the Netherlands

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 676-683

  De Waal, Anne C ^a   Aben, Katja K H ^a,b   Van Rossum, Michelle M ^a   Kiemeney, Lambertus A L M ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Registration and Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Melanoma; Neoplasms; Survival analysis; Unknown primary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY ORIGIN; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN METASTASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84872675268     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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