Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the endometrium: An extremely uncommon diagnosis, but worth the efforts

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-213

  Deodhar, Kedar K ^a   Kerkar, R A ^a   Suryawanshi, Pallavi ^a   Menon, Hari ^a   Menon, Santosh ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Endometrium; large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma; neuroendocrine carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE CELL NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OMENTECTOMY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UTERUS CAVITY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960771357     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.82942     Document Type: Article

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