Vaginal Hysterectomy as Primary Treatment of Endometrial Cancer in Medically Compromised Women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 707-711

  Chan, John K ^a   Lin, Yvonne G ^a   Monk, Bradley J ^a   Tewari, Krishnansu ^b   Bloss, Jeffrey D ^b   Berman, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBESITY; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035348482     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006250-200105000-00012     Document Type: Article

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