Prolonged survival following salvage surgery for chemorefractory ovarian immature teratoma: A case report and review of the literature

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 883-887

  Rezk, Youssef ^a   Sheinfeld, Joel ^b   Chi, Dennis S ^b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Immature teratoma; Salvage surgery; Salvage therapy; Secondary debulking

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; OVARY TERATOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 13844256723     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2004.11.035     Document Type: Article

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