Amelanotic malignant melanoma of the esophagus: Report of a patient with recurrence successfully treated with chemoendocrine therapy

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 204-207

  Suzuki, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Aoyama, Norio ^a   Minamide, Junji ^a   Takata, Ken ^a   Ogata, Takashi ^a  

^a KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Yokohama City Nanbu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amelanotic malignant melanoma; Esophagus; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; DACARBAZINE; NIMUSTINE; TAMOXIFEN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORACOTOMY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTERFERON-BETA; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NIMUSTINE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 21644486443     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-004-0473-6     Document Type: Article

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