Endometrial adenocarcinoma - Lack of correlation between treatment delay and tumor stage

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 303-308

  Pirog, Edyta C ^a,b   Heller, Debra S ^a   Westhoff, Carolyn ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Endometrial adenocarcinoma; Tumor differentiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0031439272     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1997.4874     Document Type: Article

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