Different manifestations of malignant melanoma in the breast: A report of 12 cases and a review of the literature

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 202-206

  Kurul, Sidika ^a   Taş, Faruk ^a   Büyükbabani, Nesimi ^a   Mudun, Ayşe ^b   Baykal, Can ^b   Çamlica, Hakan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast; Cutaneous melanoma; Distant Metastasis; In transit metastasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MELANOMA; RECURRENT CANCER; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL APPROACH; ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 20344382037     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyi068     Document Type: Article

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