Anorectal melanoma: A large clinicopathologic study from India

International Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-24

  Das, Ganesh ^a   Gupta, Samir ^a   Shukla, P J ^a   Jagannath, P ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Anorectal; Melanoma; Presentation; Prognosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANORECTAL MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INDIA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADULT; AGED; ANUS TUMOR; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042235186     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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