Conditional survival of malignant melanoma in the Netherlands: 1994-2008

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 602-610

  Van Der Leest, Robert J T ^a   Van Steenbergen, Liza N ^b   Hollestein, Loes M ^a   De Vries, Esther ^a   Nijsten, Tamar ^a   Van Akkooi, Alexander C J ^a   Janssen Heijnen, Maryska L G ^a,c   Coebergh, Jan Willem W ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^c VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conditional survival; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVOR; THICKNESS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CONDITIONAL SURVIVAL; MELANOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893711924     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.10.019     Document Type: Article

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