Long-term survival over 28 years of a patient with metastatic adrenal cortical carcinoma - Case report

Anticancer Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3 B, 2004, Pages 1901-1904

  Meyer, Andreas ^a   Behrend, Matthias ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Deggendorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortical carcinoma; Recurrence; Repeat surgical resection; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL;

EID: 3242680851     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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