Novel hormone treatment of benign metastasizing leiomyoma: An analysis of five cases and literature review

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2017-2024

  Lewis, Erin I ^a   Chason, Rebecca J ^b   Decherney, Alan H ^b   Armstrong, Alicia ^b   Elkas, John ^c   Venkatesan, Aradhana M ^d  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c Northern Virginia Pelvic Surgery Associates   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma; hormone therapy; intravenous leiomyomatosis; leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata; uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; GANIRELIX; LETROZOLE; LEUPRORELIN; NORETHISTERONE; RALOXIFENE; ULIPRISTAL;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MYOMECTOMY; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 84878502153     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.01.147     Document Type: Article

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