Successful treatment for the IVC syndrome due to recurrence of colon cancer - Chemotherapy in combination with the use of the expandable metallic stent placement

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 48, Issue 40, 2001, Pages 1048-1049

  Sato, T ^a   Itoh, M ^a   Ohta, N ^a   Motoyoshi, A ^a   Saito, Z ^a   Umezaki, M ^a  

^a Shinminato Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 FU; Colon cancer; Expandable metallic stent; I Leucovorin; IVC syndrome

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE VOLUME;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; STENTS; SYNDROME; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0034886093     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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