A case of postirradiation vaginal angiosarcoma treated with recombinant interleukin-2 therapy

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1163-1165

  Takeuchi, Kyousuke ^a   Deguchi, M ^a   Hamana, S ^a   Motoyama, S ^a   Kitazawa, S ^a   Maruo, T ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Interleukin 2; Irradiation; Vagina

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 2;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DYSGERMINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; VAGINA TUMOR; VAGINAL ANGIOSARCOMA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; DYSGERMINOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 30944435402     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2005.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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