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Primary Esophageal Melanoma

Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Primary esophageal melanoma is an extremely rare malignancy with an estimated prevalence of 0.0036 cases per million per year. The prognosis of the disease is unfavorable, in 30-40% of patients metastases are detected at the time of diagnosis, generally accepted approaches to treatment are currently insufficiently developed. The article presents the review of the literature and describes the clinical case of a patient with primary esophageal melanoma
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4205379371
FWCI: 0.679
Cites: 12
Cited by: 3
Related to: 9