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Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Rectum: a Case Report of an Extremely Rare Gastrointestinal Cancer

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    Laura Nunez Herrero, Wahib Zafar, Fidencio Davalos, Shamim Salman & Sundee Naing

  2. St. Georges University School of Medicine, St. George’s, Grenada

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Nunez Herrero, L., Chaucer, B., Zafar, W. et al. Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Rectum: a Case Report of an Extremely Rare Gastrointestinal Cancer. J Gastrointest Canc 47, 494–496 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-015-9786-0

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