Mucosal melanoma of the head-and-neck region: A single institutional clinical experience

Mathumitha Ramesh; Siddhartha Nanda; Biplab Misra

doi:10.4103/sajc.sajc_326_18

South Asian Journal of Cancer, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · South Asian J Cancer 2019; 08(01): 26-40
DOI: 10.4103/sajc.sajc_326_18

Letter to the Editor

Mucosal melanoma of the head-and-neck region: A single institutional clinical experience

Mathumitha Ramesh

Department of Radiotherapy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh

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Siddhartha Nanda

Department of Radiotherapy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh

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Biplab Misra

Department of Radiotherapy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh

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