Adenocarcinoid of the appendix vermiformis: Complete and persistent remission after chemotherapy (Folfox) of a metastatic case

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2760-2762

  Garin, Laurence ^a   Corbinais, Stéphane ^a   Boucher, Eveline ^a   Blanchot, Jérome ^b   Le Guilcher, Patrick ^c   Raoul, Jean Luc ^a  

^a CENTRE EUGÈNE MARQUIS   (France)

^b Clinique Mutualiste La Sagesse   (France)

^c Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique B   (France)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoid; Appendicular tumor; Chemotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; OXALIPLATIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY LABELING; APPENDIX CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; ORGANOPLATINUM COMPOUNDS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036907360     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021065407822     Document Type: Article

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