Surgical management of vulvar cancer

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 168-172

  Morgan, Mark A ^a   Mikuta, John J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Groin; Lymph node excision; Lymphatic metastasis; Melanoma; Neoplasm invasiveness; Neoplasm staging; Postoperative complications; Prognosis; Squamous cell carcinoma; Survival rate; Vulva surgery; Vulvar neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VULVA CANCER; VULVECTOMY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032855747     PISSN: 87560437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2388(199910/11)17:3<168::AID-SSU5>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Review

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