Treatment of persistent trophoblastic disease later than 6 months after diagnosis of molar pregnancy

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1393-1395

  Gillespie, A M ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Hancock, B W ^a  

^a WESTON PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Late treatment; Molar pregnancy; Trophoblastic disease

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DACTINOMYCIN; DATABASES; ENGLAND; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; LEUCOVORIN; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034073930     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.1124     Document Type: Article

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