Journal article
Gender-Related Differences in Outcome for Melanoma Patients
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To better understand the factors associated with the well-established gender difference in survival for patients with melanoma.
SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Gender is an important factor in patients with cutaneous melanoma. Male patients have a worse outcome when compared with females. The reasons for this difference are poorly understood.
Authors
Scoggins CR; Ross MI; Reintgen DS; Noyes RD; Goydos JS; Beitsch PD; Urist MM; Ariyan S; Sussman JJ; Edwards MJ
Journal
Annals of Surgery, Vol. 243, No. 5, pp. 693–700
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
May 2006
DOI
10.1097/01.sla.0000216771.81362.6b
ISSN
0003-4932