The possible use of colour flow Doppler in planning treatment in early invasive carcinoma of the cervix

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1137-1142

  Cheng, Wen Fang ^a   Wei, Lin Hung ^a   Su, Yi Ning ^a   Cheng, Shao Pei ^a   Chu, Jan Show ^a   Lee, Chien Nan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032718754     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08138.x     Document Type: Article

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