Presentation of a patient with pT2bN1M0 small cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix who obtained long-term survival with maintenance chemotherapy, and literature-based discussion

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-102

  Futagami, M ^a   Yokoyama, Y ^a   Mizunuma, H ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combination of CDDP and VP 16; Maintenance chemotherapy; Poor prognosis; Small cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; NEDAPLATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952346235     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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