Long-term survival after extended surgical resection of melanoma metastasis and immunotherapy

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-106

  Meyer, Th ^a   Goehl, J ^a   Hohenberger, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distant metastasis; Immunotherapy; Melanoma; Surgical therapy

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033082136     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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