Gastric choriocarcinoma admixed with an α-fetoprotein-producing adenocarcinoma and separated adenocarcinoma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 40, 2009, Pages 5106-5108

  Eom, Bang Wool ^a   Jung, So Youn ^a   Yoon, Hongman ^a   Kook, Myeong Cherl ^a   Ryu, Keun Won ^a   Lee, Jun Ho ^a   Kim, Young Woo ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Choriocarcinoma; Stomach neoplasms; fetoproteins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CAPECITABINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH II; GASTRIC CHORIOCARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 73449099937     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.5106     Document Type: Article

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