A novel treatment for metastatic melanoma with intralesional rose bengal and radiotherapy: A case series

Melanoma Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-51

  Foote, Matthew C ^a   Burmeister, Bryan H ^a   Thomas, Janine ^a   Mark Smithers, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Radiosensitization; Radiotherapy; Rose bengal

Indexed keywords

ROSE BENGAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN SURGERY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ROSE BENGAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 75749114839     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e328331caa2     Document Type: Article

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