Primary fallopian tube carcinoma: Clinicopathological analysis of 12 cases

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-144

  Ou, Yu Che ^a   Huang, Hsiu Yu ^a   Huang, Chao Cheng ^a   ChangChien, Chan Chao ^a   Tseng, Chih Wen ^a   Lin, Hao ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adnexal mass; Primary fallopian tube carcinoma (PFTC)

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PACLITAXEL; PHYXOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKORRHEA; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; UTERINE TUBE CARCINOMA; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FALLOPIAN TUBE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PACLITAXEL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79960637375     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: 18756263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tjog.2011.01.031     Document Type: Article

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