Small cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix: Cytologic findings in 13 cases

Cancer

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 281-288

  Zhou, Chen ^a   Hayes, Malcolm M M ^b   Clement, Philip B ^c   Thomson, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervix; Cytology; Neuroendocrine carcinoma; Papanicolaou smear; Pitfalls; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0032566904     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19981025)84:5<281::AID-CNCR3>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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