Primary mucosal melanoma of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses: 12 Years of experience

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-129

  Huang, Shiang Fu ^a   Liao, Chun Fa ^a   Kan, Chun Ran ^a   Chen, I How ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Nasal cavity; Paranasal sinuses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NOSE CAVITY CANCER; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL MUCOSA; NOSE NEOPLASMS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34347263325     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2007.0010     Document Type: Article

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