Primary vaginal melanoma: Improved survival with radical pelvic surgery

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 234-237

  Van Nostrand, Kristi M ^a   Lucci, Joseph A ^b   Schell, Michael ^c   Berman, Michael L ^a   Manetta, Alberto ^a   DiSaia, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0027986763     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1994.1283     Document Type: Article

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