Topical imiquimod: effectiveness in intraepithelial melanoma of oral mucosa

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1036-1037

  Spieth, Konstanze ^a   Kovács, Adorjan ^a   Wolter, Manfred ^a   Bug, Reinhold ^a   Kaufmann, Roland ^a   Gille, Jens ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; CISPLATIN; IMIQUIMOD; THIOSULFATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MAXILLA RESECTION; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; ORAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; AMINOQUINOLINES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33751308885     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(06)70979-2     Document Type: Article

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