Occult carcinoma discovered after simple hysterectomy treated with postoperative radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1049-1053

  Crane, Christopher H ^a   Schneider, Bernard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Cervix; Hysterectomy; Radical parametrectomy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE TABLE; OCCULT CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TOXICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032916038     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00523-9     Document Type: Article

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