Primary malignant melanoma at unusual sites: An institutional experience with review of literature

Melanoma Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-239

  Das, Prasenjit ^a   Kumar, Narender ^a   Ahuja, Arvind ^a   Jain, Ayushi ^a   Ray, Ruma ^a   Sarkar, Chitra ^a   Gupta, Siddhartha Datta ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Breast; Central nervous system; Cervix; Ovary; Paranasal sinus; Primary malignant melanoma; Urethra

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NOSE CAVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SKIN CANCER; TONGUE; TONSIL; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; ADULT; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952236513     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e328334c39a     Document Type: Article

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