Port site recurrences following laparoscopically managed early stage endometrial cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 256-258

  Faught, W ^a,b   Fung Kee Fung, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Early stage; Endometrium; Laparoscopy; Port site recurrence

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 0032969848     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1438.1999.09912.x     Document Type: Article

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