Clinicopathologic relevance of asymptomatic endometrial carcinoma

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 611-615

  Jobo, Toshiko ^a   Arai, Tsutomu ^a   Sato, Rinya ^a   Kuramoto, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Mass screening; Prognosis; Signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 0037698602     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326577     Document Type: Article

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