Primary PEComa of the bladder treated with primary excision and adjuvant interferon-alpha immunotherapy: A case report

BMC Urology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Parfitt, Jeremy R ^a   Bella, Anthony J ^a   Wehrli, Bret M ^a   Izawa, Jonathan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSURIA; EPITHELIOID CELL; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; URINE SEDIMENT;

CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; EPITHELIOID CELLS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748621735     PISSN: 14712490     EISSN: 14712490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2490-6-20     Document Type: Article

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