Role of radiation therapy in the management of cutaneous malignant melanoma

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 184-186

  Fenig, Eyal ^a   Eidelevich, Efraim ^a   Njuguna, Eliud ^a   Katz, Alan ^a   Gutman, Haim ^a   Sulkes, Aaron ^a   Schechter, Jacob ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Cutaneous malignant melanoma; Palliative treatment; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SKIN CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033503272     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199904000-00017     Document Type: Article

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