Cardiac involvement in melanoma: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 359-361

  Tas, Faruk ^a   Mudun, Ayse ^a   Kirma, Cevat ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heart; melanoma; metastasis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; FOTEMUSTINE; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART METASTASIS; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOMA; SOFT TISSUE METASTASIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650111016     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.73371     Document Type: Article

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