Primary malignant vaginal melanoma treated with adriamycin and ifosfamide: A case report and literature review

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 700-703

  Signorelli, M ^a   Lissoni, A A ^a   Garbi, A ^a   Perego, P ^b   Mangioni, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Malignant melanoma; Vagina

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IFOSFAMIDE; MESNA;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MELANOMA; NEUTROPENIA; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR BIOPSY; VAGINA CANCER;

EID: 18144391551     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.02.013     Document Type: Article

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