Complete regression of melanoma skin metastases after electrochemotherapy plus ipilimumab treatment: An unusual clinical presentation

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 271-272

  Brizio, Matteo ^a   Fava, Paolo ^a   Astrua, Chiara ^a   Cavaliere, Giovanni ^a   Savoia, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; IPILIMUMAB; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADRENAL METASTASIS; AGED; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NOTE; PET-CT SCANNER; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN METASTASIS; VITILIGO; LEG; PATHOLOGY; REMISSION; SECONDARY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MELANOMA; REMISSION INDUCTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84936936911     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2015.2522     Document Type: Note

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