Surgical decompression and radiation therapy in epidural metastasis from cervical cancer

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-61

  Cormio, Gennaro ^a   Colamaria, Antonio ^a   Di Vagno, Giovanni ^a   De Tommasi, Antonio ^a   Loverro, Giuseppe ^a   Selvaggi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; Epidural metastasis; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISSEMINATED CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0033953386     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(99)00165-7     Document Type: Article

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