Small cell carcinoma of the gallbladder

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-59

  Moskal, Thomas L ^a   Zhang, Paul J ^a   Nava, Hector R ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gallbladder neoplasm; Neuroendocrine tumor; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLOXURIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; MITOMYCIN C; STREPTOZOCIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032891531     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199901)70:1<54::AID-JSO10>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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