Giant cutaneous melanomas: Evidence for primary tumour induced dormancy in metastatic sites?

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tseng, William W ^a   Doyle, Judy A ^b   Maguiness, Sheilagh ^a   Horvai, Andrew E ^a   Kashani Sabet, Mohammed ^a   Leong, Stanley P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84896524100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.07.2009.2073     Document Type: Article

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