Two cases of early-stage esophageal malignant melanoma with long-term survival

Pathology International

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 432-435

  Suzuki, Haruhisa ^a   Nakanishi, Yukihiro ^a,b   Taniguchi, Hirokazu ^a   Shimoda, Tadakazu ^a   Yamaguchi, Hajime ^a   Igaki, Hiroyasu ^b   Tachimori, Yuji ^b   Kato, Hoichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early stage; Esophagectomy; Esophagus; Long term survival; Primary malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 44949151499     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2008.02249.x     Document Type: Article

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