Sychronous anorectal malignant melanoma and rectal adenocarcinoma: Report of a case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-108

  Delikaris, Panagiotis ^a   Koutmeridis, Dimitrios ^a   Tsonis, George ^a   Asimaki, Anthoula ^a   Mouratidou, Despina ^a  

^a G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anorectal melanoma; Mucosal melanoma; Rectal adenocarcinoma; Synchronous neoplasms

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; ENEMA; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; VINDESINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030615007     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02055691     Document Type: Article

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