The prognostic significance of micrometastases in node-negative squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 222-224

  Narayansingh, G V ^a   Miller, I D ^a   Sharma, M ^a   Welch, C J ^a   Sharp, L ^b   Parkin, D E ^a   Cruickshank, M E ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Groin nodes; Micrometastases; Vulval cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 14844304277     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602343     Document Type: Article

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