Conservative management of uterine leiomyosarcoma: Report of a failure

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-207

  Cormio, G ^a   Loizzi, V ^a,b   Carriero, C ^a   Scardigno, D ^a   Putignano, G ^a   Selvaggi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Uterine sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; GEMCITABINE; HYPHOSPHAMIDE; MESNA; PACLITAXEL; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISSEMINATED CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; ITALY; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYOMECTOMY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65349149976     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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