Dedifferentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma: An under-recognized but aggressive tumor?

Gynecologic Oncology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-27

  Wu, Emily S ^a   Shih, Ie Ming ^a   Díaz Montes, Teresa P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Dedifferentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma; Uterine cancer

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MEGESTROL ACETATE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEDIFFERENTIATED ENDOMETRIOID ADENOCARCINOMA; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LAMINECTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; NECROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA BLEEDING; VERTEBRECTOMY;

EID: 84876310394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2211338X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gynor.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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