Ocular melanoma metastatic to the liver: The role of surgery in multimodality therapy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 242-244

  Helton, W Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANGIOSTATIN; DACARBAZINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FOTEMUSTINE; MELANOMA VACCINE; PLATINUM; THALIDOMIDE; VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; EDITORIAL; EYE CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS RESECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; EYE TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EYE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442671910     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2004.12.928     Document Type: Editorial

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