Malignant melanoma of the anorectal area. Report of two cases

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 194-196

  Tsigris, Christos ^a   Pikoulis, Emmanouil ^a   Bramis, John ^a   Leppäniemi, Ari ^a   Alexiou, Demitrios ^a   Bastounis, Elias ^a  

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Author keywords

Anus; Melanoma; Neoplasm; Rectum

Indexed keywords

VINDESINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOSTOMY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM CANCER;

EID: 0034089266     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018832     Document Type: Article

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