Stage II endometrial carcinoma: Limiting post-operative radiotherapy to the vaginal vault in node-negative tumors

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 434-438

  Rittenberg, Paula V C ^a   Lotocki, Robert J ^b   Heywood, Mark S ^b   Krepart, Garry V ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Endometrial adenocarcinoma; External beam pelvic radiotherapy; Lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; UTERUS DISEASE; VAGINA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA;

EID: 23844447001     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.04.030     Document Type: Article

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