Primary breast cancer of the vulva: Case report and literature review

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-79

  North, John ^a,f   Perez, David ^a   Fentiman, Gary ^b   Sykes, Peter ^c   Dempster, Alex ^d   Pearse, Maria ^e  

^a Oncology Department   (New Zealand)

^b Women's Health Department   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d Southern Community Laboratories   (New Zealand)

^e AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^f DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIRUBICIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUOROURACIL; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLITORIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DERMIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PAIN; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN ULCER; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; VULVA CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846555633     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00685.x     Document Type: Review

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