Placental-site trophoblastic tumor with PET scan-detected surgically treated lung metastasis

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-265

  Nieves, Lucybeth ^a,b   Hoffman, James ^d   Allen, Gretchen ^b   Currie, John ^b   Sorosky, Joel I ^b,c,d  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW BRITAIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Immunohistochemistry; Metastatic placental site trophoblastic tumor; PET scan; PSST; Review PSTT; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; TUMOR REGRESSION; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR, PLACENTAL SITE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 45749152586     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-007-0721-7     Document Type: Article

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