A case of intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery successfully treated with chemotherapy

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 522-527

  Xu, Yanjie ^a   Wang, Kai ^a   Geng, Yiting ^a   Shao, Yongfeng ^a   Yin, Yongmei ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Intimal sarcoma of pulmonary artery (PAIS); Second line; Vinorelbine

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; NAVELBINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTIMAL SARCOMA OF PULMONARY ARTERY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IFOSFAMIDE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SARCOMA; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 84869507105     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: 14377772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-011-0338-8     Document Type: Article

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