Feasibility of radical surgery in the management of elderly patients with uterine cervical cancer in Korea

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-170

  Choi, Young Sik ^a   Kim, Yun Hwan ^a   Kang, Sokbom ^a   Jeon, Yong Tark ^a   Kim, Jae Weon ^a   Park, Noh Hyun ^a   Song, Yong Sang ^a   Kang, Soon Beom ^a   Lee, Hyo Pyo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Elderly women; Radical hysterectomy; Uterine cervical cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KOREA; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 17844373292     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083681     Document Type: Review

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