Topical immunotherapy with diphenylcyclopropenone in combination with DTIC and radiation for cutaneous metastases of melanoma [1]

Dermatology

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 370-371

  Trefzer, Uwe ^a   Sterry, Wolfram ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

DCP; DTIC; Melanoma; Metastases; Radiation; Topical

Indexed keywords

DACARBAZINE; DIPHENCYPRONE; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; ECZEMA; EDEMA; ELECTRON THERAPY; ERYTHEMA; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LETTER; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIZATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN METASTASIS; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPROPANES; DACARBAZINE; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MELANOMA; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 27844514282     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088512     Document Type: Letter

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