Pelvic relapses of uterine neoplasms: Transvaginal sonographic and Doppler features

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 441-445

  Savelli, Luca ^a   Testa, Antonia Carla ^b   Ferrandina, Gabriella ^b   De Iaco, Pierandrea ^a   Rosati, Federica ^a   Ghi, Tullio ^a   Basso, Danila ^b   Scambia, Giovanni ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Diagnosis; Endometrial cancer; Pelvic recurrences; Relapses; Transvaginal Sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS CANCER; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 1942444610     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2004.01.024     Document Type: Article

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