A case of intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery treated with chemoradiotherapy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 245-249

  Hirose, Takashi ^a   Ishikawa, Noboru ^a   Hamada, Kenji ^a   Inagaki, Tomoko ^a   Kusumoto, Sojiro ^a   Shirai, Takao ^a   Okuda, Kentaro ^a   Ohnishi, Tsukasa ^a   Kadokura, Mitsutaka ^a   Adachi, Mitsuru ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotheraphy; Computed tomography; Intimal sarcoma; Pulmonary artery; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AMRUBICIN; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CARBOPLATIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART METASTASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; INTIMAL SARCOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SARCOMA; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTHRACYCLINES; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SARCOMA; TUNICA INTIMA; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 61749093790     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1560     Document Type: Article

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