Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus treated by esophagectomy and systemic chemotherapy

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 241-244

  Matsutani, T ^a   Onda, M ^a   Miyashita, M ^a   Hagiwara, N ^a   Akiya, Y ^a   Takubo, K ^b   Yamashita, K ^a   Sasajima, K ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DACARBAZINE; NIMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DACARBAZINE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NIMUSTINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0035718234     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.2001.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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