Clinical outcome of micrometastasis in the lung in stage IA persistent gestational trophoblastic disease

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 192-194

  Ngan, Hextan Y S ^a   Chan, F L ^a   Au, Virginia W K ^a   Cheng, Danny K L ^a   Ng, T Y ^a   Wong, L C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

CT thorax; Drug response; Micrometastasis; Recurrence; Stage IA PGTD

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE;

EID: 0032143302     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1998.5088     Document Type: Article

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