Role of radiation therapy in cutaneous melanoma

Cancer Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-207

  Hong, Angela ^a,b,c   Fogarty, Gerald ^a,b,d  

^a MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Genesis Cancer Care Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cutaneous melanoma; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BONE METASTASIS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; EXCISION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION SICKNESS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RECURRENT CANCER; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859472160     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PPO.0b013e31824b241a     Document Type: Review

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