Oral mucosal melanoma: A series of case reports

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 251-257

  Garzino Demo, Paolo ^a   Fasolis, Massimo ^a   Maggiore, Gian Marco La Terra ^a   Pagano, Marco ^a   Berrone, Sid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Head and neck melanoma; Oral melanoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; BCG VACCINE; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; HYDROXYUREA; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 2; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA TUMOR; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAW TUMOR; MALE; MAXILLA TUMOR; MELANOMA; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH TUMOR; NECK DISSECTION; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PROGNOSIS; SOFT PALATE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PALATAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3543079915     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2003.12.007     Document Type: Article

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