Lymph node sampling is of prognostic value in early stage epithelial ovarian carcinoma

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-185

  Skirnisdottir I ^a   Sorbe, B ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Early stage ovarian cancer; Lymph node sampling; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17444419078     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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