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Subcutaneous malignant melanoma of the scalp surgical flap after brain irradiation for anaplastic astrocytoma

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    Carmelo Lucio Sturiale, Giovanni Sabatino, Alessio Albanese & Giulio Maira

  2. Institute of Human Pathology, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

    Libero Lauriola & Ilaria Pennacchia

  3. Institute of Radiotherapy, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

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Sturiale, C.L., Sabatino, G., Albanese, A. et al. Subcutaneous malignant melanoma of the scalp surgical flap after brain irradiation for anaplastic astrocytoma. J Neurooncol 106, 203–207 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-011-0646-x

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