Fertility preservation via photodynamic therapy in young patients with early-stage uterine endometrial cancer: A long-term follow-up study

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 698-704

  Choi, Min Chul ^a   Jung, Sang Geun ^a   Park, Hyun ^a   Cho, Yun Hyun ^a   Lee, Chan ^a   Kim, Seung Jo ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Early stage endometrial cancer; Fertility preservation; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879980506     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e31828b5ba2     Document Type: Article

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