title: Scalp melanoma and in-transit metastases: a retrospective case-controlled study.
authors.affiliation: Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: Gloria R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Sue
authors.forename: Rajendra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sawh-Martinez
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ariyan
authors.forename: Ashwini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Natarajan
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Narayan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D035002:Lower Extremity; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016019:Survival Analysis