Extracutaneous malignant melanomas

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 516-534

  Hussein, Mahmoud R ^a  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Metastasis; Nonskin; Skin

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANORECTAL MELANOMA; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CERVIX MELANOMA; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS MELANOMA; ESOPHAGUS METASTASIS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; EYE MELANOMA; EYE TUMOR; FAMILY HISTORY; GALLBLADDER MELANOMA; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG MELANOMA; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MUCOSAL DISEASE; MUCOSAL MELANOMA; NEURAL CREST CELL; OVARY MELANOMA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPLEEN METASTASIS; STAINING; STOMACH MELANOMA; STOMACH METASTASIS; STOMACH TUMOR; SUN EXPOSURE; THYROID METASTASIS; URETHRA MELANOMA; URINARY BLADDER MELANOMA; URINARY TRACT TUMOR; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR; UVEA MELANOMA; VAGINA MELANOMA;

ADULT; AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEURAL CREST; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STAINING AND LABELING; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 45949094798     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357900701781762     Document Type: Review

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