World journal of surgical oncology
World J Surg Oncol
· ISSN (e) 1477-7819
· 53 papers in corpus
2005
BACKGROUND: Umbilical metastasis is one of the main characteristic signs of extensive neoplastic disease and is universally referred to as Sister Mary Joseph's nodule. CASE PRESENTATION: A 59-years-old Caucasian female underwent liver trans…
2005
BACKGROUND: Umbilical metastases from a malignant neoplasm, also termed Sister Mary Joseph's nodule, are not commonly reported in the English literature, and they have usually been considered as a sign of a poor prognosis for the patient. T…
2004
BackgroundEndometrial cancer represents a tumor entity with a great variation in its incidence throughout the world (range 1 to 25). This suggests enormous possibilities of cancer prevention due to the fact that the incidence is very much e…