Outcome of fertility-sparing treatment with progestins in young patients with endometrial cancer

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 718-725

  Gotlieb, Walter H ^a,b   Beiner, Mario E ^a   Shalmon, Bruria ^a   Korach, Yaacov ^a   Segal, Yaacov ^a   Zmira, Nissim ^a   Koupolovic, Joure ^a   Ben Baruch, Gilad ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141768451     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(03)00667-7     Document Type: Article

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