Metastatic dedifferentiated chordoma with elevated β-hCG: A case report

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 274-276

  Munshi, Hidayatullah G ^a   Merajver, Sofia D ^a   Valdez, Riccardo ^a   Baker, Laurence H ^a   Cooney, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

hCG radiation therapy; Chordoma; Dedifferentiated

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINE TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; CHORDOMA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036273312     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-200206000-00014     Document Type: Article

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