Dysgerminoma of the ovary: treatment results in northern Sweden.
Thirteen patients with ovarian dysgerminoma were treated and followed up at the Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, University Hospital, Umeă between 1962 and June 1988. All except one had pure dysgerminoma. Ten patients had stage I, one stage II and two stage III disease. They underwent surgery, r...
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ftunivnairobi:oai:http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:11295/29662 2023-05-15T17:44:28+02:00 Dysgerminoma of the ovary: treatment results in northern Sweden. Rogo Khama O. Persson, H Stendahl, U 1990 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11295/29662 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2347335 en eng Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 1990;11(1):43-9 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2347335 http://hdl.handle.net/11295/29662 Article 1990 ftunivnairobi 2022-12-28T09:36:08Z Thirteen patients with ovarian dysgerminoma were treated and followed up at the Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, University Hospital, Umeă between 1962 and June 1988. All except one had pure dysgerminoma. Ten patients had stage I, one stage II and two stage III disease. They underwent surgery, received radiotherapy, and have all been alive without evidence of disease, ten for more than 10 years, seven for over 20 years and four ever 25 years. One patient conceived and had two normal deliveries after conservative surgery and hemi-pelvic irradiation. The clinical presentation, treatment and outcome are discussed against the current shift in management of dysgerminoma towards increasingly conservative treatment. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden University of Nairobi Digital Repository |
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Thirteen patients with ovarian dysgerminoma were treated and followed up at the Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, University Hospital, Umeă between 1962 and June 1988. All except one had pure dysgerminoma. Ten patients had stage I, one stage II and two stage III disease. They underwent surgery, received radiotherapy, and have all been alive without evidence of disease, ten for more than 10 years, seven for over 20 years and four ever 25 years. One patient conceived and had two normal deliveries after conservative surgery and hemi-pelvic irradiation. The clinical presentation, treatment and outcome are discussed against the current shift in management of dysgerminoma towards increasingly conservative treatment. |
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Rogo Khama O. Persson, H Stendahl, U |
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Rogo Khama O. Persson, H Stendahl, U Dysgerminoma of the ovary: treatment results in northern Sweden. |
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Rogo Khama O. Persson, H Stendahl, U |
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Dysgerminoma of the ovary: treatment results in northern Sweden. |
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Dysgerminoma of the ovary: treatment results in northern Sweden. |
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Dysgerminoma of the ovary: treatment results in northern Sweden. |
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Dysgerminoma of the ovary: treatment results in northern Sweden. |
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Dysgerminoma of the ovary: treatment results in northern Sweden. |
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dysgerminoma of the ovary: treatment results in northern sweden. |
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http://hdl.handle.net/11295/29662 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2347335 |
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Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 1990;11(1):43-9 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2347335 http://hdl.handle.net/11295/29662 |
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