Surgical chores and approach in the management of endometrial cancer

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 512-518

  McAlpine, J N ^a   Spirtos, N M ^a   Chen, M D ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA; COUNSELING; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0036739782     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001622-200209000-00007     Document Type: Review

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