local and distant metastasis of the disease. Over 1000 patients with this disease setts. have been reported. Survivals at 5 and 10 years is 17% and 5%, respectively. Approximately 19% of patients present with lymph node metastasis and another 16%
LOH analysis of free DNA in the plasma of patients with mucosal malignant melanoma in the head and neck
β Scribed by Ryo Takagi; Daisuke Nakamoto; Jun-etsu Mizoe; Hirohiko Tsujii
- Book ID
- 106284952
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 216 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1341-9625
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