Radiotherapy as palliative treatment for metastatic melanoma

Melanoma Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 611-613

  Kirova, Y M ^a   Chen, J ^a   Rabarijaona, L I ^a   Piedbois, Y ^a   Le Bourgeois, J P ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Metastatic melanoma; Palliative radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033407598     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-199912000-00012     Document Type: Article

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