Long-term survival after surgical resection of primary spinal malignant melanoma - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 546-548

  Nishihara, Masamitsu ^a   Sasayama, Takashi ^a   Kondoh, Takeshi ^a   Tanaka, Kazuhiro ^a   Kohmura, Eiji ^a   Kudo, Hiroshi ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HYOGO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dissemination; Malignant melanoma; Spinal cord tumor

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; DACARBAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACIC SPINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-BETA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73449102552     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.49.546     Document Type: Article

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