EMA/CO for high-risk gestational trophoblastic tumors: Results from a cohort of 272 patients

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2636-2643

  Bower, M ^a   Newlands, E S ^a   Holden, L ^a   Short, D ^a   Brock, C ^a   Rustin, G J S ^a   Begent, R H J ^a   Bagshawe, K D ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR;

EID: 0030757259     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.7.2636     Document Type: Article

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