Neovaginal malignant melanoma following surgery and radiation for vulvar squamous cell carcinoma

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 520-522

  Lara Jr , Primo N ^a,c   Hearn, Edward ^a,b   Leigh, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; VULVA CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031172479     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1997.4681     Document Type: Article

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