Astonishingly rapid growth of malignant cystosarcoma phyllodes tumor in a pregnant woman - A case report

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 856-859

  Nejc, D ^a   Pasz Walczak, G ^a   Piekarski, J ^a   Pluta, P ^a   Bilski, A ^a   Sek, P ^a   Potemski, P ^a   Durczynski, A ^a   Wronski, K ^a   Jeziorski, A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cystosarcoma phyllodes; Malignant; Pregnancy; Prognosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CYSTOSARCOMA PHYLLOIDES; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATION; MASTECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; PHYLLODES TUMOR; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47649100141     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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