Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix: A clinicopathologic retrospective study of 31 cases with prognostic implications

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-216

  Wang, Kung Liahng ^a,b,c   Yang, Yuh Cheng ^a,c   Wang, Tao Yeuan ^a   Chen, Jen Ruei ^a   Chen, Tze Chien ^a   Chen, Horng Shen ^a   Su, Tsung Hsien ^a,c   Wang, Kuo Gon ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; Neuroendocrine tumors; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

EID: 33646847911     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2006.18.2.209     Document Type: Article

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