Does T1, N0-1 vulvar cancer treated by vulvectomy but not lymphadenectomy need inguinofemoral radiation?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 749-753

  Manavi, Mahmood ^a   Berger, Andreas ^a   Kucera, Elisabeth ^a   Vavra, Norbert ^a   Kucera, Herwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Inguinofemoral radiation; Lymphadenectomy; Risk factors; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VULVA CANCER; VULVECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; VULVA; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030757196     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00060-6     Document Type: Article

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