Primary small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the vagina. Marked effect of combination chemotherapy: A case report

Oncology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 300-304

  Hayashi, Masatoshi ^a   Mori, Yoshiomi ^a   Takagi, Yoshitake ^a   Hoshimoto, Kazunori ^a   Ohkura, Takeyoshi ^a  

^a DOKKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combination chemotherapy; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Neuroendocrine granules; Small cell carcinoma; Vagina

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOKERATIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PIRARUBICIN; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; SEROTONIN; TERARUBICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CELL GRANULE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; VAGINA CARCINOMA;

EID: 0034103347     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012116     Document Type: Article

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