Evolution of treatment of high-risk metastatic gestational trophoblastic tumors: Ain Shams University experience

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 866-874

  El Lamie, I K I ^a,c   El Sayed, H M ^a   Badawie, A G ^a   Bayomi, W A ^b   El Ghazaly, H A ^b   Khalaf Allah, A E ^a   El Mahallawy, M N ^a   El Lamie, K I ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Brain and or liver metastases; EMA; EMA EP; High risk metastatic GTT

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; PACLITAXEL; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHLORAMBUCIL; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 33646032115     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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