Metastatic melanoma to the palatine tonsil with a favourable prognosis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 327-329

  Wakasugi, S ^a   Kageshita, T ^a   Ono, T ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Costimulatory factor B7 2; HLA class II; Metastatic tonsil melanoma

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NIMUSTINE; TAMOXIFEN; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSEMINATED CANCER; EXCISION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; PALATINE TONSIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; TONSIL TUMOR;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD86; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034799224     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04326.x     Document Type: Article

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