Hypofractionated Carbon-Ion Radiation Therapy for Mucosal Malignant Melanoma in Head and Neck
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Malignant mucosal melanoma of the head and neck.
Mucosal melanomas comprise about 1% of all malignant melanomas and exhibit far more aggressive behaviour than that of skin melanomas: they are more inclined to metastatize into regional and distant sites or recur locally, regionally or in distant locations, resulting in a high rate of cause-specific death. Mucosal melanomas in the head and neck region account for half of all mucosal melanomas, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0360-3016
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.06.1489