Large cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix: A clinicopathologic study of 12 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 905-914

  Gilks, C Blake ^a,d   Young, Robert H ^b   Gersell, Deborah J ^c   Clement, Philip B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcinoid; Cervix; Neuroendocrine carcinoma; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CHROMOGRANIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GLUCAGON; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOID; CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CARCINOID TUMOR; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CERVIX UTERI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031205215     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199708000-00004     Document Type: Article

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