Successful treatment of an adolescent with locally advanced cervicovaginal clear cell adenocarcinoma using definitive chemotherapy and radiotherapy

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Ansari, Dominic O ^a,b   Horowitz, Ira R ^c   Katzenstein, Howard M ^b,c   Durham, Megan M ^a   Esiashvili, Natia ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AFLAC   (United States)

^c Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

cervix; chemoradiation; clear cell adenocarcinoma; pediatric; vagina

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CISPLATIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; IRIDIUM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STEROID;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CERVICOVAGINAL CLEAR CELL ADENOCARCINOMA; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; METRORRHAGIA; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OVARY FUNCTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; RADIATION DOSE; SPOTTING; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ADOLESCENT; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84862902875     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318257dc91     Document Type: Article

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