Radiation therapy for anorectal melanoma - A report of three cases

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 497-499

  Bujko, Krzysztof ^a   Nowacki, Marek P ^a   Liszka Dalecki, Piotr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ADULT; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CANCER; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ANUS NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031764162     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418698430485     Document Type: Article

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