Appendix cancer mimicking ovarian cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 768-772

  Gehrig, Paola A ^a   Boggess, J F ^a   Ollila, D W ^a   Groben, P A ^a   Van Le, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendiceal carcinoma; Cancer antigen 125; Carcinoembryonic antigen; Ovarian carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; FLUOROURACIL;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; APPENDIX CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CA-125 ANTIGEN; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036855993     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1438.2002.01136.x     Document Type: Article

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