Primary malignant melanoma of the lung: A case report

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Dountsis, Apostolos ^a   Zisis, Charalambos ^a   Karagianni, Evangelia ^a   Dahabreh, Jubrail ^a  

^a ATHENS MEDICAL CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

HMB 45; Immunohistochemistry; Interferon; Malignant; Melanoma; Pneumonectomy; Pulmonary; S 100

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CELL JUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646225370     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-1-26     Document Type: Article

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