Malignant melanoma of the oral cavity: Report of 14 cases from a regional cancer centre

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 245-249

  Doval, D C ^a,b   Rama Rao, C ^a   Sabitha, K S ^a   Vigayakumar, M ^a   Misra, S ^a,c   Mani, K ^b   Bapsy, P P ^a   Kumaraswamy, S V ^a  

^a Department of Medical Oncology ^*  (India)

^b KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

^c KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Mouth; Mucosal melanomas; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DACARBAZINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MOUTH CANCER; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUTH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029666197     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-7983(96)80011-4     Document Type: Article

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