Adjuvant radiotherapy in Stage I endometrial cancer. Where do we stand?

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 457-461

  Petnehazi, C ^a   Thirion, P ^a   Armstrong, J ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiotherapy; Lymphadenectomy; Risk factors; Stage I endometrial cancer

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIALS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 0344013064     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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