Pregnancy with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) on imatinib chemotherapy: An oncologist's nightmare and obstetrician's dilemma

Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-117

  Goel, Neerja ^a   Malik, Ria ^a   Rathi, Balkesh ^a   Bhaskaran, Sruthi ^a   Rajaram, Shalini ^a   Mehta, Sumita ^a   Agarwal, Nitin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer chemotherapy; Imatinib; Metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; IMATINIB; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TETANUS TOXOID;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; CONSULTATION; CONTRACEPTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR PAIN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; METASTASIS; OBSTETRICS; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; ONCOLOGY; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TERATOGENICITY; THORAX METASTASIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRASOUND; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84873737025     PISSN: 19416628     EISSN: 19416636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12029-012-9464-4     Document Type: Article

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