Pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of primary melanoma of the colon

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Khalid, Umair ^a   Saleem, Taimur ^a   Imam, Ayesha M ^a   Khan, Muhammad R ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; DOCETAXEL; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; NITROSOUREA; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN S 100; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CECUM; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; COLON MELANOMA; COLONOSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GENDER; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; MELANOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURAL CREST CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TUMOR REGRESSION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COLON TUMOR; DISEASE COURSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MELANOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79351469281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-9-14     Document Type: Review

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