Management of vulvar melanoma and review of the literature

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 220-224

  Suwandinata, F S ^a   Bohle, R M ^c   Omwandho, C A ^b   Tinneberg, H R ^a   Gruessner, S E ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Malignancy; Melanoma; Vulvar

Indexed keywords

PHENPROCOUMON;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUNCH BIOPSY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; VULVA CANCER; VULVECTOMY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; VULVA; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250821751     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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