Predictive factors for the development of brain metastases in patients with malignant melanoma: a study by the Anatolian society of medical oncology.

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Published in J Cancer Res Clin Oncol on November 29, 2013

Authors

Ozge Gumusay1, Ugur Coskun, Tülay Akman, Ahmet Siyar Ekinci, Muharrem Kocar, Ozlem Balvan Erceleb, Ozan Yazıcı, Mehmet Ali Kaplan, Veli Berk, Bulent Cetin, Burcu Yapar Taskoylu, Ayhan Yildiz, Gamze Goksel, Ahmet Alacacioglu, Umut Demirci, Efnan Algin, Mukremin Uysal, Ilhan Oztop, Berna Oksuzoglu, Faysal Dane, Mahmut Gumus, Suleyman Buyukberber

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Besevler, Ankara, 06500, Turkey, ozgebostankolu@hotmail.com.

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