The evolving role of hysterectomy in gestational Trophoblastic neoplasia at the new England trophoblastic disease center

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 55, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 194-198

  Clark, Rachel M ^a   Nevadunsky, Nicole S ^a   Ghosh, Sue ^a   Goldstein, Donald P ^b   Berkowitz, Ross S ^a  

^a New England Trophoblastic Disease Center   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia; Hysterectomy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREND STUDY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; UNITED STATES; METRORRHAGIA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PARITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERUS CANCER;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; METRORRHAGIA; NEW ENGLAND; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77957667536     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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