Desmoplastic malignant melanoma of the palatal alveolar mucosa: Sustained disease-free survival after surgery and postoperative radiotherapy

Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 465-470

  Kavanagh, Brian D ^a,b   Campbell, Robert L ^a,b   Patterson, James W ^a,c   O’Neill, Robert L ^a,b   Cardinale, Robert M ^a,b   Kaugars, George E ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAW; JAW TUMOR; MAXILLA; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PALATE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ALVEOLAR PROCESS; BIOPSY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAXILLA; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PALATAL NEOPLASMS; PALATE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 0034170792     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(00)70126-0     Document Type: Article

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