Routine lymph node dissection in the treatment of early stage cancer: Are we doing the right thing?

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-3

  Santin, A D ^a   Parham, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; EARLY CANCER; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

EID: 0031887654     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1997.4900     Document Type: Editorial

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