Malignant melanoma arising in a radiotherapy field: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Dermatology

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-268

  Trefzer, Uwe ^a   Voit, C ^a   Milling, A ^a   Audring, H ^a   Sterry, W ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ionizing radiation; Melanoma; Radiation field; Radiation therapy; Skin neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION RESPONSE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIOTHERAPY; SARCOMA, EWING'S; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037247301     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068891     Document Type: Article

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