Squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva in the South of Israel: A study of 50 cases

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 174-181

  Piura, Benjamin ^a   Rabinovich, Alex ^a   Cohen, Yoram ^a   Friger, Michael ^a   Glezerman, Marek ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Groin lymph nodes; Radical vulvectomy; Staging; Surgical margins; Survival; Vulvar lump

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; ISRAEL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVA; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031953185     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199803)67:3<174::AID-JSO6>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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