Unexpected endometrial cancer at prophylactic hysterectomy in a woman with hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 102, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 1152-1155

  Chung, Linda ^a   Broaddus, Russell ^a   Crozier, Mark ^a   Luthraa, Raja ^a   Levenback, Charles ^a   Lu, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 0242289600     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(03)00699-9     Document Type: Article

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