Aromatase inhibitors - a viable option for recurrent granulose cell tumour of ovary: Overview and case report

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 505-507

  Munem, Assam Abdul ^a   Al Bahrani, Bassim ^a   Mehdi, Itrat ^a   Kamona, Atheel ^a   Nada, Ayman Mohammad ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Anastrozole; Aromatase inhibitors; CA Ovary; Granulosa cell tumour; Oncology royal hospital

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; INHIBIN; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OMENTECTOMY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECURRENT CANCER; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TOXICITY;

AROMATASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NITRILES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84860164293     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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