A comparison of treatment strategies for endometrial adenocarcinoma: Analysis of financial impact

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 443-447

  Barnes, Mack N ^a   Roland, Phillip Y ^b   Straugh, Michael ^a   Kilgore, Larry C ^a   Alvarez, Ronald D ^a   Partridge, Edward E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY;

EID: 0032872151     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1999.5480     Document Type: Article

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