Complete response in a patient with granulosa cell tumor treated with a combination of leuprolide and tamoxifen

Onkologie

Volumn 35, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 451-453

  Keskin, Serkan ^a   Bengisu, Ergin ^b   Tuzlali, Sitki ^b   Aydiner, Adnan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Granulosa cell tumor; Leuprolide; Relapse; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ETOPOSIDE; INHIBIN B; LEUPRORELIN; PACLITAXEL; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMPLANT; LAPAROTOMY; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; LEUPROLIDE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TAMOXIFEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864592230     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: 14230240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341078     Document Type: Article

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