Surgical treatment for anorectal malignant melanoma: Report of five cases and review of 79 Japanese cases

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1257-1262

  Ishizone, Satoshi ^a   Koide, Naohiko ^a   Karasawa, Fumitoshi ^a   Akita, Noriyuki ^a   Muranaka, Futoshi ^a   Uhara, Hisashi ^a   Miyagawa, Shinichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anorectum; Malignant melanoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA INTERFERON; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; NIMUSTINE; TAMOXIFEN; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANORECTAL MALIGNANT MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPANESE; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56749182865     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-008-0529-6     Document Type: Article

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