Successful pregnancy following chemotherapy in a survivor of small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT): A case report and review of literature()

• Small cell carcinoma of the ovary hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT) is a rare neoplasm that mostly affects young women. • The chances of future fertility in women are limited due to the aggressive nature of SCCOHT and need for adjuvant therapy. • We report the case of a 26y woman with stage IA SCCOHT wh...

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Autores principales: Phoolcharoen, Natacha, Woodard, Terri, James, Deepthi, Patel, Dina, Roder, Sarah, Holman, Deborah, Salcedo, Mila, Frumovitz, Michael, Gershenson, David, Schmeler, Kathleen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7212175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32405521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2020.100576
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Sumario:• Small cell carcinoma of the ovary hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT) is a rare neoplasm that mostly affects young women. • The chances of future fertility in women are limited due to the aggressive nature of SCCOHT and need for adjuvant therapy. • We report the case of a 26y woman with stage IA SCCOHT who had a successful pregnancy following surgery and chemotherapy.

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