Clinical benefit of endocrine therapy for benign metastasizing leiomyoma

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 587-591

  Mizuno, Mika ^a,b   Nawa, Akihiro ^a   Nakanishi, Toru ^b   Yatabe, Yasushi ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atypical leiomyosarcoma; Benign metastasizing leiomyoma; Gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist; Leiomyoma; Lung neoplasms

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN AGONIST; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; GONADORELIN;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN METASTASIZING LEIOMYOMA; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPANESE; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MITOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERITONEUM; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR BIOPSY; UTERUS MYOMA; DRUG POTENTIATION; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PREMENOPAUSE;

EID: 84857099191     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: 14377772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-010-0156-4     Document Type: Article

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