Primary melanoma of the female genital system: A report of 10 cases and review of the literature

Anticancer Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3 A, 2005, Pages 1567-1574

  Jahnke, Antje ^a   Makovitzky, J ^a   Briese, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Melanoma of the vagina; Ovarian melanoma; Uterine cervix melanoma; Vulvar melanoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DACARBAZINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VULVA CANCER; VULVECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 21244455645     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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