Primary malignant melanoma of the vagina: A case report and review of the current treatment options

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-248

  Gökaslan, Hüsnü ^a   Şişmanoǧlu, Alper ^a   Pekin, Tanju ^a   Kaya, Handan ^a   Ceyhan, Nejat ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Posterior exenteration; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; DACARBAZINE;

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VAGINA; VAGINA CANCER;

EID: 23044508191     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2004.11.048     Document Type: Review

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