## Background: This retrospective study looks at the prognosis of desmoplastic melanoma of the lip, correlating it with the clinical course, treatment, and patterns of failure. ## Method: Twenty-two patients with desmoplastic melanoma of the lip were seen at the university of texas m. d. anderson
Desmoplastic melanoma – the step-child in the melanoma family?
✍ Scribed by Nabil Wasif; Richard J. Gray; Barbara A. Pockaj
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 268 KB
- Volume
- 103
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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