Leiomyosarcoma of the pancreas with liver metastases as a paradigm of multimodality treatment: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Moletta, Lucia ^a   Sperti, Cosimo ^a   Beltrame, Valentina ^a   Gruppo, Mario ^a   Blandamura, Stella ^a   Pasquali, Claudio ^a   Pedrazzoli, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACARBAZINE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; TRABECTEDIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLENECTOMY; ARTICLE; GOOD GENERAL CONDITION; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER INJURY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG LESION; OVARIECTOMY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINDLE CELL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SECONDARY;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84887411922     PISSN: 19416628     EISSN: 19416636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12029-012-9405-2     Document Type: Review

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