Oral malignant melanoma: A review of the literature

Oral Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 116-121

  Meleti, Marco ^a,b   Rene Leemans C ^b   Mooi, Wolter J ^b   Vescovi, Paolo ^a   van der Waal, Isaäc ^b  

^a Department of ENT/Dental/Ophthalmological and Cervico Facial Sciences   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Oral cancer; Oral malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DACARBAZINE; FAS ANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; NIMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846606016     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2006.04.001     Document Type: Review

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