Cancer of the heart: Epidemiology and management of primary tumors and metastases

American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 407-421

  Sarjeant, Jennifer M ^a   Butany, Jagdish ^b   Cusimano, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART CANCER; HEART MYXOMA; HEART SARCOMA; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CARCINOID HEART DISEASE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 0348155944     PISSN: 11753277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00129784-200303060-00004     Document Type: Review

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