Serum levels of squamous cell carcinoma antigen as a predictor of inguinofemoral lymph node metastasis in patients with vulvar cancer

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 718-720

  Nather, Andreas ^a   Sami, Ariane ^a   Hefler, Lukas ^a   Leodolter, Sepp ^a   Joura, Elmar A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antigens; Carcinoma, squamous cell; Lymph nodes; Metastasis; Tumor markers, biological; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VULVA CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERPINS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036746642     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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