Endometrial serous carcinoma: Its molecular characteristics and histology-specific treatment strategies

Cancers

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 799-807

  Nakayama, Kentaro ^a   Nakayama, Naomi ^a   Ishikawa, Masako ^a   Miyazaki, Kohji ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrial carcinoma; Endometrial serous carcinoma; Estrogen independent; Type II endometrial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PACLITAXEL;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; OMENTECTOMY; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84866953958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers4030799     Document Type: Review

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