Clinical review of 55 cases of malignant ovarian germ cell tumors

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-320

  Zanagnolo, V ^a   Sartori, E ^a,b   Galleri, G ^a   Pasinetti, B ^a   Bianchi, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Dysgerminoma; Fertility; Malignant germ cell tumors; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALOPECIA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG FATALITY; DYSGERMINOMA; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT OVARIAN GERM CELL TUMOR; NAUSEA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TOXICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERVIEWS; ITALY; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2342446639     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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