Low risk endometrial cancer: A study of pelvic lymph node metastasis

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-41

  Watanabe, M ^a   Aoki, Y ^a   Kase, H ^a   Fujita, K ^a   Tanaka, K ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

CA125; Low risk endometrial cancer; Pelvic lymph node metastasis; Pelvic lymphadenectomy; Tumor diameter

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID CYTOLOGY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARLY CANCER; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENOPAUSE; MORBIDITY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037219792     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1438.2003.13037.x     Document Type: Article

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