Successful treatment of recurrent pelvic desmoid tumour with tamoxifen

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 311-313

  Chao, An Shine ^a,c   Lai, Chyong Huey ^a   Hsueh, Swei ^a   Chen, Chih Shou ^a   Yang, Yuh Cheng ^b   Soong, Yung Kuei ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*  (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Desmoid tumour; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; TAMOXIFEN; TAMOXIFEN CITRATE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; DESMOID TUMOR; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; PELVIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033955429     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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