Gestational trophoblastic disease with liver metastases: The charing cross experience

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-109

  Crawford, Robin A F ^a,b   Newlands, E ^c   Rustin, G J S ^d   Holden, L ^c   A'Hern, Roger ^b   Bagshawe, K D ^c  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; HYDROXYUREA; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031014776     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb10659.x     Document Type: Article

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