Low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma with inferior vena cava tumor thrombus and intracardiac extension: Radical resection may improve recurrence free survival

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-64

  Renzulli, Pietro ^a   Weimann, Rosemarie ^a   Barras, Jean Pierre ^b   Carrel, Thierry Pierre ^a   Candinas, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Bürgerspital Solothurn ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angioinvasion; Endometrial stromal sarcoma; Extensive radical surgery; Inferior vena cava tumor thrombus; Intracardiac tumor thrombus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR VENA CAVA TUMOR THROMBUS; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBECTOMY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR THROMBUS;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SARCOMA, ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 60249089705     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2008.07.003     Document Type: Review

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