Heterogeneity of stage IIIA endometrial carcinomas: Implications for adjuvant therapy

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 510-516

  Slomovitz, B M ^a   Ramondetta, L M ^a   Lee, C M ^a   Oh, J C ^a   Eifel, P J ^a   Jhingran, A ^a   Burke, T W ^a   Gershenson, D M ^a   Lu, Karen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Stage III; Staging

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 18944386021     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2005.15317.x     Document Type: Review

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