Recurrence and survival after neck dissections in cutaneous head and neck melanoma

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Andersen, Peter Stemann ^a   Chakera, Annette Hougaard ^a   Thamsborg, Andreas Key Milan ^a   Kølle, Stig Frederik Trojahn ^a   Schmidt, Grethe ^a   Klyver, Helle ^a   Drzewiecki, Krzysztof Tadeusz ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK MELANOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; PAROTIDECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SECONDARY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938082562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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