Primary fallopian tube adenocarcinoma: Preoperative diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 640-646

  Varras, M ^a,d   Akrivis, Ch ^b   Bellou, A ^b   Malamou Mitsi, V D ^c   Antoniou, N ^b   Tolis, C ^c   Salamalekis, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b G C Gen State Hosp   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Chemotherapy; Fallopian tube carcinoma; Hydrosalpinx; Negative D C; Positive Papanicolaou vaginal smear; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARBOPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; TAMOXIFEN;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CURETTAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FALLOPIAN TUBE ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MASTECTOMY; OMENTECTOMY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RARE DISEASE; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SEROUS PAPILLARY ADENOCARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE TUBE CARCINOMA; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FALLOPIAN TUBE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 4644302207     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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