Carbon ion radiotherapy for vaginal malignant melanoma: A case report

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1163-1166

  Ohno, T ^a   Kato, S ^a   Sasaki, E ^b   Mizutani, K ^b   Tsujii, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon ion radiotherapy; Malignant melanoma; Radiotherapy; Vaginal cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; NIMUSTINE; TAMOXIFEN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DEATH; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; ION THERAPY; LUNG METASTASIS; PELVIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA CANCER; VAGINAL MELANOMA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DACARBAZINE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548674699     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.00951.x     Document Type: Article

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