Treatment of ocular melanoma metastatic to the liver by hepatic arterial chemotherapy

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2589-2595

  Leyvraz, Serge ^a   Spataro, Vito ^a   Bauer, Jean ^a   Pampallona, Sandro ^a   Salmon, Rémy ^a   Dorval, Thierry ^a   Meuli, Reto ^a   Gillet, Michel ^a   Lejeune, Ferdy ^a   Zografos, Leonidas ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOTEMUSTINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE CANCER; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 17144438510     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.7.2589     Document Type: Article

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