Polymyositis in a patient with recurring ovarian cancer and history of unrelated breast cancer

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-84

  Iavazzo, C ^a,b   Vorgias, G ^a   Papadakis, M ^a   Manikis, P ^a   Mavromatis, I ^a   Akrivos, T ^a  

^a METAXA CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Ovarian carcinoma; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; PACLITAXEL;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POLYMYOSITIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLYMYOSITIS;

EID: 34249980690     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0307-z     Document Type: Article

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