Transvaginal color Doppler ultrasound for monitoring the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in advanced cervical cancer

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-172

  Greco, Pantaleo ^a   Cormio, Gennaro ^a,b   Vimercati, Antonella ^a   Nacci, Grazia ^a   Di Vagno, Giovanni ^a   Loverro, Giuseppe ^a   Selvaggi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Doppler ultrasound; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0031045186     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349709050075     Document Type: Article

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