Krukenberg tumours from gastrointestinal cancers—analysis from a tertiary care centre in India
Author(s) -
Srinivasan Muthukrishnan,
O. L. NaganathBabu,
Satish Devakumar Murugesan,
Ulagendra Perumal Srinivasan,
A. Anbalagan,
Shanmugasundaram Rajendran
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.084
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 2219-679X
pISSN - 2078-6891
DOI - 10.21037/jgo.2018.07.03
Subject(s) - medicine , debulking , krukenberg tumor , incidence (geometry) , chemotherapy , colorectal cancer , gastrointestinal tract , metastasis , gastroenterology , malignancy , oncology , surgery , ovarian cancer , cancer , physics , optics
Krukenberg tumour (KT) is clinically defined as any ovarian metastatic carcinoma derived from a primary malignancy (usually from the gastrointestinal tract). Our aim was to analyse the incidence, demographic profile, clinical features, management and survival of patients with KTs from gastrointestinal tract malignancies at our centre.
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