The metastatic microenvironment: Brain-residing melanoma metastasis and dormant micrometastasis
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hemorrhagic brain metastases as a manifestation of metastatic malignant melanoma.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Cancer
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0020-7136
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27324