Does chest CT matter in the staging of GTN?

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-160

  Darby, Suzanne ^a   Jolley, Ingrid ^a   Pennington, Sally ^a   Hancock, Barry W ^a  

^a WESTON PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Gestational trophoblastic disease; Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia; Hydatidiform mole

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; FOLINATE CALCIUM; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649094366     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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