Primary pure small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder that responded to carboplatin plus etoposide: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 703-706

  Kaya, A O ^a   Coskun, Ugur ^a   Yildiz, R ^a   Gonul, I I ^a   Karagulle, K ^a   Yaman, E ^a   Ozturk, B ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Small cell carcinoma; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; ETOPOSIDE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTOSCOPY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; HEMATOMA; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OLIGURIA; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIMARY PURE SMALL CELL CARCINOMA OF THE URINARY BLADDER; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; SMOKING; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; ETOPOSIDE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 75149155237     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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