Radiotherapy for recurrent small cell carcinoma of the ovary: A case report and review of the literature

• Small cell carcinoma of the ovary is a rare and aggressive malignant tumor. • No effective treatment for recurrent disease has yet been described. • Patients with recurrent disease may respond to salvage surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy or a combination of these modalities.

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Autores principales: Callegaro-Filho, Donato, Burke, Thomas W., Eifel, Patricia J., Ramirez, Pedro T., Euscher, Elizabeth E., Schmeler, Kathleen M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4434155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26076089
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2014.12.003
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author Callegaro-Filho, Donato
Burke, Thomas W.
Eifel, Patricia J.
Ramirez, Pedro T.
Euscher, Elizabeth E.
Schmeler, Kathleen M.
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spelling pubmed-44341552015-06-05 Radiotherapy for recurrent small cell carcinoma of the ovary: A case report and review of the literature Callegaro-Filho, Donato Burke, Thomas W. Eifel, Patricia J. Ramirez, Pedro T. Euscher, Elizabeth E. Schmeler, Kathleen M. Gynecol Oncol Rep Case Report • Small cell carcinoma of the ovary is a rare and aggressive malignant tumor. • No effective treatment for recurrent disease has yet been described. • Patients with recurrent disease may respond to salvage surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy or a combination of these modalities. Elsevier 2014-12-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4434155/ /pubmed/26076089 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2014.12.003 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Callegaro-Filho, Donato
Burke, Thomas W.
Eifel, Patricia J.
Ramirez, Pedro T.
Euscher, Elizabeth E.
Schmeler, Kathleen M.
Radiotherapy for recurrent small cell carcinoma of the ovary: A case report and review of the literature
title Radiotherapy for recurrent small cell carcinoma of the ovary: A case report and review of the literature
title_full Radiotherapy for recurrent small cell carcinoma of the ovary: A case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Radiotherapy for recurrent small cell carcinoma of the ovary: A case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Radiotherapy for recurrent small cell carcinoma of the ovary: A case report and review of the literature
title_short Radiotherapy for recurrent small cell carcinoma of the ovary: A case report and review of the literature
title_sort radiotherapy for recurrent small cell carcinoma of the ovary: a case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4434155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26076089
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2014.12.003
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