Use of neoadjuvant electrochemotherapy to treat a large metastatic lesion of the cheek in a patient with melanoma

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mozzillo, Nicola ^a   Caracò, Corrado ^a   Mori, Stefano ^a   Di Monta, Gianluca ^a   Botti, Gerardo ^b   Ascierto, Paolo A ^b   Caracò, Corradina ^a   Aloj, Luigi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adjuvant treatment; Electrochemotherapy; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENGTH OF STAY; MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; METASTATIC MELANOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADJUVANT THERAPY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; CHEEK; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862545192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-10-131     Document Type: Article

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