Renal medullary carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 489-492

  Noguera Irizarry, Wanda G ^a   Hibshoosh, Hanina ^a   Papadopoulos, Kyriakos P ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Division of Medical Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

Renal medullary carcinoma; Sickle cell trait

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAPECITABINE; CARBOPLATIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; THALIDOMIDE; VIMENTIN; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOGENETICS; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; NEGRO; NEPHRECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; METHOTREXATE; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 0141926515     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000037663.61643.5A     Document Type: Article

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