Radiotherapy for metastatic melanoma presenting in pregnancy

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 598-603

  Daly, T A ^a,b   Burmeister, B H ^a   Smithers, B M ^a   Doody, J ^a   Kane, A ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Southern Zone Radiation Oncology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Metastatic; Pregnancy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AXILLA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750992790     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01641.x     Document Type: Article

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