Anorectal malignant melanomas: Retrospective experience with surgical management

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 534-539

  Che, Xu ^a   Zhao, Dong Bing ^a   Wu, Yong Kai ^a   Wang, Cheng Feng ^a   Cai, Jian Qiang ^a   Shao, Yong Fu ^a   Zhao, Ping ^a  

^a CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Anorectal melanomas; Prognostic factors; Surgical management; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

DACARBAZINE; INTERFERON; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANORECTAL MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955937311     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i4.534     Document Type: Article

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