Limb sparing treatment of bleeding melanoma recurrence by electrochemotherapy

Tumori

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 398-402

  Snoj, Marko ^a   Cemazar, Maja ^a   Srnovrsnik, Tinkara ^a   Kosir, Snezna Paulin ^a   Sersa, Gregor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; Cutaneous tumors; Electrochemotherapy; Electroporation; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

BLEOMYCINS; CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS; ELECTRO-PORATION; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; INTRAVENOUS APPLICATIONS; MALIGNANT MELANOMA; NEEDLE ELECTRODES; PLATE ELECTRODES;

ELECTRODES; ONCOLOGY; PEPTIDES; TUMORS;

DERMATOLOGY;

EID: 68649107325     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160909500324     Document Type: Article

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