Primitive sinonasal malignant mucosal melanoma: Description of a case treated with radiotherapy (0-7-21 regimen)

Anticancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1 B, 1999, Pages 657-660

  Pergolizzi, Stefano ^a   Ascenti, G ^a   Settineri, N ^a   Santacaterina, A ^a   Maisano, R ^a   Chirico, G ^a   Scribano, E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Mucosal melanoma; Radiotherapy; Sinuses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPISTAXIS; ETHMOID SINUS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; NOSE CAVITY CANCER; ORBIT; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DACARBAZINE; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ETHMOID SINUS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; REMISSION INDUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 0032897385     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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