Surgical management of melanoma of the gallbladder: a report of 13 cases and review of the literature

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 493-497

  Katz, Steven C ^a   Bowne, Wilbur B ^a   Wolchok, Jedd D ^a   Busam, Klaus J ^a   Jaques, David P ^a   Coit, Daniel G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Melanoma; Metastatic; Palliative

Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DISEASE DURATION; GALLBLADDER METASTASIS; HUMAN; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33947154810     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.06.033     Document Type: Review

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