The role of routine follow-up after gynecological malignancy

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 413-419

  Kew, F M ^a   Roberts, A P ^b   Cruickshank, D J ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follow up; Gynecological malignancy; Survival

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VULVA CANCER;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18944390103     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2005.15302.x     Document Type: Review

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