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Primary Gastric Melanoma – Is an Aggressive Strategy Worthwhile?

2021-04-19

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background</bold>: Primary gastric melanoma (PGM) is a rare malignancy. Unlike skin melanoma which carries a definitive correlation to sun exposure, the pathogenesis of gastric melanoma is not well defined. It appears in the older age with median of 70 years and has no known risk factors. The diagnosis may be challenging due to non-specific symptoms, and endoscopy with tissue biop...

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Literature Corpus work: 7f40282d-f8e8-54ba-8938-7022d42003ed
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-423379/v1

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