## Abstract The clinicopathologic and therapeutic data of 512 patients, with clinical Stage I invasive head and neck melanoma of the skin were retrospectively evaluated. There were 287 females and 225 males. Median age at primaryβsurgery was 65 years (range, 18 to 96 years). Median observation peri
Comparison of prognostic factors for survival and recurrence in malignant melanoma of the skin, clinical stage I
β Scribed by O. Kenneth Johnson JR; Lawrence J. Emrich; Constantine P. Karakousis; Uma Rao; William R. Greco
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 912 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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