Epithelioid sarcoma of vulva: A case report and review of the literature

Medical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-372

  Altundag, Kadri ^a,b   Dikbas, Oguz ^a   Oyan, Basak ^a   Usubutun, Alp ^a   Turker, Alev ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Epithelioid sarcoma; Radiotherapy; Vulva; Vulvectomy

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY;

CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SARCOMA; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 11244272794     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MO:21:4:367     Document Type: Review

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