A clinicopathologic analysis of 177 acral melanomas in Koreans: Relevance of spreading pattern and physical stress

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1281-1288

  Jung, Ho Joo ^a   Kweon, Sun Seog ^a   Lee, Jee Bum ^a   Lee, Seung Chul ^a   Yun, Sook Jung ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACRAL LENTIGINOUS MELANOMA; ACRAL MELANOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KOREAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888605771     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.5853     Document Type: Article

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