Pilot study on transdiaphragmatic thoracoscopic-assisted pleural biopsy and intrathoracic washing cytology for stage IIIc ovarian cancer with diaphragmatic metastases

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 300-303

  Terauchi, Fumitoshi ^a,b   Kobayashi, Yukari ^a   Nagashima, Takeo ^a   Moritake, Tetsuya ^a   Nishi, Hirotaka ^a   Fujito, Atsuya ^a   Isaka, Keiichi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diaphragmatic metastases; Ovarian cancer; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; DIAPHRAGM; DIAPHRAGMATIC METASTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; OVARY CANCER; PILOT STUDY; PLEURA; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOSCOPY; BIOPSY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TUMOR; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; THORAX TUMOR;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PLEURA; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 65649105458     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e31819c5521     Document Type: Article

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