Presentation of two patients with malignant granulosa cell tumors, with a review of the literature

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tamura, Ryousuke ^a   Yokoyama, Yoshihito ^a   Yanagita, Takeshi ^a   Matsumura, Yukiko ^a   Abe, Kazuhiro ^a   Taniguchi, Ryousuke ^a   Mizunuma, Hideki ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitor; BEP combination therapy; Ovarian malignant granulosa cell tumor

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; INHIBIN A;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOATING; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISTANT METASTASIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MITOSIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIECTOMY; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865967367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-10-185     Document Type: Article

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