Adult granulosa cell tumors of the ovary: A clinicopathological study of 34 patients by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG)

Anticancer Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2 B, 2008, Pages 1421-1427

  Pectasides, D ^a,e   Papaxoinis, G ^a   Fountzilas, G ^b   Aravantinos, G ^c   Pectasides, E ^a   Mouratidou, D ^d   Economopoulos, T ^a   Andreadis, Ch ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c AGII ANARGIRI CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d THEAGENIO CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Granulosa cell tumors; Platinum based chemotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; PACLITAXEL; PLATINUM; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MITOSIS INDEX; OVARY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42549103143     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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