Metastatic primary leiomyosarcoma of the pancreas to the liver: Report of a surgically treated case

Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Vanderpuye, Verna ^a   Clegg Lamptey, Joe Nat ^a   Yarney, Joel ^a   Aryeetey, Naa Adorkor ^a  

^a KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAPECITABINE; DESMIN; DOXORUBICIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HICCUP; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSVERSE COLON; WEIGHT REDUCTION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SECONDARY; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANOREXIA; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER SURGERY; COUGHING; EXCISION; HERNIOPLASTY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INGUINAL HERNIA; LIVER INJURY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY;

HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84875740455     PISSN: 19416628     EISSN: 19416636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12029-011-9299-4     Document Type: Article

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