The role of preoperative brachytherapy as an adjunct to surgery and postoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of stage I endometrial carcinoma

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 241-249

  Póka, Robert ^a   Szluha, Kornélia ^a   Lampé, László ^a   Urbancsek, Hilda ^a   Borsos, Antal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Endometrial carcinoma; Preoperative brachytherapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0342409361     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(99)00292-4     Document Type: Article

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