Primary malignant melanoma of the pharynx

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 931-934

  Öztürk, Özcan ^a,b   Özek, Hüsnü ^a   Cansiz, Harun ^a   Karakullukçu, Bariş ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Pharynx; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ADULT; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX CANCER; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DACARBAZINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY, ACTIVE; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-2; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOMA; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035525188     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0022215011909404     Document Type: Article

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