The role of routine pelvic lymph node sampling in patients with stage I endometrial carcinoma: Second thoughts

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 347-350

  Bar Am, Amiram ^a   Ron, Ilan Gil ^b,c   Kuperminc, Michael ^a   Gal, Ilan ^a   Jaffa, Ariel ^a   Kovner, Felix ^b   Wigler, Neli ^b   Inbar, Moshe ^b   Lessing, Joseph ^a  

^a Serlin Maternity Hospital   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Histological grade; Lymph node sampling (LNS); Myometrial invasion; Stage I endometrial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY;

EID: 0031935798     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1998.770318.x     Document Type: Article

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