Concomitant gastric adenocarcinoma and stromal tumor in a woman with polymyalgia rheumatica

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 43, 2008, Pages 6750-6752

  Kountourakis, Panteleimon ^a   Arnogiannaki, Niki ^a   Stavrinides, Ilias ^a   Apostolikas, Nikiforos ^a   Rigatos, Gerasimos ^a  

^a SAINT SAVVAS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Gastric adenocarcinoma; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Paraneoplastic presentation; Polymyalgia rheumatica

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUOROURACIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 63449097049     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.6750     Document Type: Article

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