Aggressive hepatectomy for complete remission of metastatic germ cell tumor following chemotherapy: Report of a case

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 52, 2003, Pages 1136-1139

  Yokoi, Yoshihiro ^a   Suzuki, Shohachi ^a   Baba, Satoshi ^a   Ohzeki, Takehiko ^a   Yajima, Shuhei ^a   Okada, Shuichi ^a   Okumura, Takuya ^a   Konno, Hiroyuki ^a   Nakamura, Satoshi ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extended left lobectomy; Germ cell tumor; Hepatic vein

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; PIRARUBICIN; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EMBOLISM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEMOPERITONEUM; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SIZE; LIVER TUMOR; LIVER VEIN; METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REMISSION; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HEMOPERITONEUM; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038000654     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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