Background. This study was performed to determine the effect of biopsy type on survival rates and on local, regional, and distant metastasis in patients with head and neck cutaneous melanoma. Methods. A case series of 159 patients with melanoma of the head and neck referred to a tertiary-care cente
Effect of biopsy on the prognosis of melanoma
β Scribed by Ervin Epstein
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1971
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 313 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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