Epithelial ovarian carcinoma metastatic to the central nervous system: A report on two cases with review of literature

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-118

  Sood, Amit ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^a   Sood, Richa ^a   Sandhu, M S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY;

EID: 0030200985     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0199     Document Type: Article

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