Solitary splenic recurrence of epithelial ovarian cancer: A case report and review

Anticancer Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6 B, 2002, Pages 3643-3645

  Lauro, S ^a   Trasatti, L ^a   Capalbo, C ^a   Conti, A ^a   Ricci, F ^b   Mingazzini, P L ^b   Vecchione, A ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Metastasis; Ovarian cancer; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; OVARY CARCINOMA; PARENCHYMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CANCER; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036875541     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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