Impressive remission of locally advanced malignant peritoneal mesothelioma treated with combination of radiotherapy and intraperitoneal paclitaxel

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 322-323

  Takeuchi, K ^a,b   Fujimoto, M ^a   Tsujino, T ^a   Takeda, Y ^a   Yoshida, S ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hyogo Prefectural Tsukaguchi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intraperitoneal paclitaxel; Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; PACLITAXEL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MESOTHELIOMA; PACLITAXEL; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 34547737014     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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