Successful treatment of melanoma metastatic to the left atrium using external beam radiation therapy

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Magnuson, William J ^a   Halligan, John B ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Providence Alaska Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM METASTASIS; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PULMONARY VEIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TUMOR THROMBUS;

EID: 77958110121     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: 08909091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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