Outcomes and prognostic factors in superficial spreading melanoma

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 861-868

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

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

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphovascular invasion; Melanoma histology; Melanoma prognosis; Nonsentinel lymph node melanoma; Sentinel lymph node biopsy melanoma; Superficial spreading melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRESLOW THICKNESS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPH VESSEL METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; SUPERFICIAL SPREADING MELANOMA; SURVIVAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

LYMPHOVASCULAR INVASION; MELANOMA HISTOLOGY; MELANOMA PROGNOSIS; NONSENTINEL LYMPH NODE MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY MELANOMA; SUPERFICIAL SPREADING MELANOMA;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889101646     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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