The new FIGO definition of cervical cancer stage IA: A critique

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Burghardt, E ^a   Ostor, A ^a   Fox, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; EDITORIAL; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030980719     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1997.4672     Document Type: Editorial

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