Primary malignant melanoma of the vagina: Case report

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 186-188

  Stellato, G ^a,b   Iodice, F ^a   Casella, G ^a   Fortuna, G ^a   Tramontana, R ^a   Di Bonito, M ^a   Tramontana, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DACARBAZINE; FOTEMUSTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER INFILTRATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; URETHRA CANCER; VAGINA CANCER;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DACARBAZINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NITROSOUREA COMPOUNDS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031942309     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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