Locally advanced female urethral adenocarcinoma of enteric origin: The role of adjuvant chemoradiation and brief review

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 150-154

  Chen, Ling Ping ^a,b   Lin, Shyh Jer ^a,b   Fu, Ting Ying ^a,b   Yu, Ming Sun ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adjuvant chemotherapy; Chemoradiation; Irinotecan; Urethral adenocarcinoma; Urethral carcinoma

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; DYSURIA; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; FEMALE URETHRAL ADENOCARCINOMA; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STOMACH ULCER; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; URETHRA CARCINOMA; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHENOTYPE; URETHRAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79953792302     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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