Mucosal melanoma of the head and neck: A systematic review of the literature

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1108-1118

  Lazarev, Stanislav ^a   Gupta, Vishal ^b   Hu, Kenneth ^c,d   Harrison, Louis B ^c,d   Bakst, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Ear Infirmary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DERMATOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY;

ELDERLY POPULATIONS; LOCOREGIONAL CONTROL; MALIGNANT MELANOMA; PARTICLE RADIATION THERAPIES; POSTOPERATIVE RADIATION THERAPY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; THERAPEUTIC TARGETS; TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR;

DIAGNOSIS;

CISPLATIN; IMATINIB; IPILIMUMAB; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; TEMOZOLOMIDE; B RAF KINASE; BRAF PROTEIN, HUMAN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG TARGETING; GENE MUTATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; KIT GENE; MELANOMA; MUCOSAL MELANOMA OF THE HEAD AND NECK; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARTICLE RADIATION; PROTO ONCOGENE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGE; AGED; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MUCOSA; MUTATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; RARE DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MUTATION; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RARE DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84920042456     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.03.042     Document Type: Review

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