Myxoid endometrial stromal sarcoma of the uterus

Pathology International

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 637-641

  Kasashima, Satomi ^a   Kobayashi, Masako ^a   Yamada, Mitsuoki ^b   Oda, Yoshio ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kanazawa City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrial stromal sarcoma; Immunohistochemistry; Myxoid change; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; DACARBAZINE; DESMIN; DOXORUBICIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS RATE; MYOMETRIUM; MYXOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERUS SARCOMA;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DACARBAZINE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; SARCOMA, ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 0242660071     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01525.x     Document Type: Article

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