Young age as a prognostic factor in cervical cancer: Analysis of population based data from 10 022 cases

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 296, Issue 6619, 1988, Pages 386-391

  Meanwell, Clive A ^a   Kelly, Krystyna A ^a   Blackledge, George ^a   Wilson, Susan ^b   Roginski, Claudia ^b   Griffiths, Rod ^b   Woodman, Ciaran ^c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Birmingham and West Midlands Regional Cancer Registry ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVIX NEOPLASMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023858980     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.296.6619.386     Document Type: Article

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