Gynecologic oncologic surgery in the elderly: A retrospective analysis of 213 patients

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 437-443

  Susini, Tommaso ^a   Scambia, Giovanni ^a   Margariti, Pasquale A ^a   Giannice, Raffaella ^c   Signorile, Piero ^b   Benedetti Panici, Pierluigi ^c   Mancuso, Salvatore ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age 70 years or older; Cervical cancer; Endometrial cancer; Morbidity; Mortality; Ovarian cancer; Radical surgery; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OVARY CANCER; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VULVA CANCER;

EID: 0032762957     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1999.5591     Document Type: Article

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