Malignant melanoma of the oral cavity. Review of the literature and experience in a Peruvian Population

Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 206-211

  Guevara Canales, Janet Ofelia ^a   Gutiérrez Morales, Mario Miguel ^a   Sacsaquispe Contreras, Sonia Julia ^b   Sánchez Lihón, Juvenal ^c   Morales Vadillo, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN MARTÍN DE PORRES   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES NEOPLÁSICAS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Melanoma; Oral cavity

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH MALIGNANT MELANOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PERU; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857860656     PISSN: 16984447     EISSN: 16986946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4317/medoral.17477     Document Type: Review

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