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Large-cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Cervix
Author(s) -
Benyam P. Yoseph,
Ming Chi,
Alexander M. Truskinovsky,
Arkadiusz Z. Dudek
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
rare tumors
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2036-3613
pISSN - 2036-3605
DOI - 10.4081/rt.2012.e18
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , cervix , stage (stratigraphy) , gynecology , uterine cervix , carcinoma , oncology , pathology , cancer , paleontology , biology
Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) of the uterine cervix is a rare and aggressive malignancy with poor prognosis even in its early stage, despite multimodality treatment strategy. Here, we report a case of a woman with clinical polypoid stage IB LCNEC of the cervix, which was detected in her 6-week postpartum checkup. A literature review was also conducted to evaluate current therapeutic approaches and potential new strategies

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