Primary malignant melanoma of the vagina - Case report and review of the literature;Primäres malignes melanom der vagina - Fallbericht und literaturübersicht

Gynakologisch-geburtshilfliche Rundschau

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-44

  Betschart, C ^a   Von Orelli, S ^a   Mihic, D ^b   Fink, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄTSSPITAL ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiotherapy; Interferon therapy; Vaginal melanoma; Wide local excision

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; DACARBAZINE; THALIDOMIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME; VAGINA CANCER; VAGINA MELANOMA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; VAGINA; VAGINA TUMOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VAGINA; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846828839     PISSN: 10188843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098124     Document Type: Article

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