Electrochemotherapy in the treatment of kaposi sarcoma cutaneous lesions: A two-center prospective phase II trial

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 192-198

  Curatolo, Pietro ^a   Quaglino, Pietro ^b   Marenco, Federica ^b   Mancini, Monica ^a   Nardò, Tiziana ^b   Mortera, Claudio ^b   Rotunno, Roberta ^a   Calvieri, Stefano ^a   Bernengo, Maria Grazia ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; GEMCITABINE; VINBLASTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84856680393     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-1860-7     Document Type: Article

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