Wide local excision could be considered as the initial treatment of primary anorectal malignant melanoma

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 585-588

  Zhou, Hai Tao ^a   Zhou, Zhi Xiang ^a   Zhang, Hai Zeng ^a   Bi, Jian Jun ^a   Zhao, Ping ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Anal; Melanoma; Prognosis; Rectal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL MALIGNANT MELANOMA; ANUS TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIMARY TUMOR; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77949354695     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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