Malignant melanoma of the anal region

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 603-607

  Heyn, J ^a,c   Placzek, M ^a   Ozimek, A ^a   Baumgaertner, A K ^b   Siebeck, M ^a   Volkenandt, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACARBAZINE; MELAN A; MELANOMA ANTIGEN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NIMUSTINE; PROTEIN S 100; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANUS TUMOR; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; HEMORRHOID; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOGENE RAS; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CANCER VACCINES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547736463     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02353.x     Document Type: Article

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