Recurrent Stage IB cervical carcinoma: Evaluation of the effectiveness of routine follow up surveillance

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1156-1158

  Ansink, Anca ^a   de Barros Lopes, Alberto ^a   Naik, Raj ^a   Monaghan, John M ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RECURRENCE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029661877     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09600.x     Document Type: Article

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