Prolonged remission of recurrent, metastatic placental site trophoblastic tumor after chemotherapy

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 115-117

  Randall, Thomas C ^a   Coukos, George ^a   Wheeler, James E ^a   Rubin, Stephen C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CURETTAGE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR;

EID: 0033972029     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1999.5654     Document Type: Article

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