Early-onset sigmoid colon perforation during concurrent chemoradiation in a patient with cervical cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 381-383

  Lin, H ^a   Chang, C L ^a   Huang, E Y ^a   ChangChien, Chan Chao ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colon perforation; Concurrent chemoradiation

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLON PERFORATION; COLON RESECTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SEPSIS; SIGMOID; TISSUE INJURY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VASCULAR TISSUE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; SIGMOID DISEASES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2042519321     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1048-891x.2004.014226.x     Document Type: Article

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