Colonic perforation secondary to taxol therapy: An unusual presentation

Onkologie

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 541-542

  De Haan, Dick ^a   Van Den Berg, Michiel ^b  

^a Scheperhospital ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Surgery   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; PACLITAXEL; TUMOR MARKER;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON PERFORATION; FLUID RETENTION; HEMICOLECTOMY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUTROPENIA; OVARY CARCINOMA; PERITONITIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PACLITAXEL; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 33750345640     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096150     Document Type: Letter

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