Melanoma in patients younger than 20 years

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 667-672

  Sanlorenzo, M ^a   Ribero, S ^a,b   Osella Abate, S ^a   Balagna, E M ^b   Caliendo, V ^b   Macripo G ^b   Bernengo, M G ^a   Quaglino, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Survival.; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRESLOW THICKNESS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUPERFICIAL SPREADING MELANOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84895803766     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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