Yolk sac tumours of the ovary: an update

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1063-1075

  Dallenbach P ^a   Bonnefoi, H ^b   Pelte, M F ^b   Vlastos, G ^a  

^a Division of Gynaecology   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fertility preservation; Management; Yolk sac tumours

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ACUTE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ASCITES FLUID CYTOLOGY; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPHOMA; MEDLINE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33751170900     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2006.07.010     Document Type: Review

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