Leiomyosarcoma of the uterus: A clinicopathologic multicenter study of 71 cases

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 196-201

  Mayerhofer, Klaus ^a   Obermair, Andreas ^a   Windbichler, Gudrun ^b   Petru, Edgar ^c   Kaider, Alexandra ^a   Hefler, Lukas ^a   Czerwenka, Klaus ^a   Leodolter, Sepp ^a   Kainz, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Mitotic count; Prognostic factors; Stage; Uterine leiomyosarcoma; Vascular space involvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS SARCOMA;

EID: 0032771172     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1999.5436     Document Type: Article

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