Pulmonary metastasectomy for malignant melanoma: Prognostic factors for long-term survival

Melanoma Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 307-311

  Younes, Riad ^a,b   Abrao, Fernando C ^b   Gross, Jefferson ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Oncology Center of Hospital São José   (Brazil)

^c A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

melanoma; metastasectomy; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS RESECTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84879897499     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: 14735636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e3283632cbe     Document Type: Article

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