Is radical hysterectomy for early stage cervical cancer an outdated operation?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 363-365

  Selman, T J ^a   Luesley, D M ^a   Murphy, D J ^b   Mann, C H ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 14644432409     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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