Disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis responds to systemic chemotherapy

Oncology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-58

  Lin, Y C ^a   Wei, L H ^a   Shun, C T ^a   Cheng, A L ^a,b   Hsu, C H ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Dacarbazine; Doxorubicin; Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

DACARBAZINE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ETOPOSIDE; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LEIOMYOMATOSIS PERITONEALIS DISSEMINATA; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 56749158424     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000178761     Document Type: Article

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