Molecular characterization of a patient's small cell carcinoma of the ovary of the hypercalcemic type

Journal of Cancer

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-66

  Stephens, Bret ^a   Anthony, Stephen P ^a,b   Han, Haiyong ^a   Kiefer, Jeffery ^a   Hostetter, Galen ^a   Barrett, Michael ^a   Von Hoff, Daniel D ^a,b  

^a TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HonorHealth and the Scottsdale Lincoln Health Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypercalcemic type; Ovarian carcinoma; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; BEVACIZUMAB; BLEOMYCIN; BORTEZOMIB; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GEMCITABINE; IRINOTECAN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; PAZOPANIB; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOATING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPERCALCEMIA; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG NODULE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEPHROSTOMY; OMENTECTOMY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PARACENTESIS; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PERITONEUM; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; RECTUM; RETROPERITONEUM; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; TUBE;

EID: 84881102373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18379664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/jca.3872     Document Type: Article

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