Unusual clinical course of metachronous melanomas of the upper digestive system

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 2197-2199

  Dabrowski, Andrzej ^a   Zinkiewicz, Krzysztof ^a   Szumilo, Justyna ^a   Zgodzinski, Witold ^a   Cwik, Grzegorz ^a   Skoczylas, Tomasz ^a   Wallner, Grzegorz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIA; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MELANOMA; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH CANCER; THORACOTOMY; TOTAL STOMACH RESECTION; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 17444371720     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i14.2197     Document Type: Article

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