Does size matter? Tumor size and morphology as predictors of nodal status and recurrence in endometrial cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 564-570

  Shah, Chirag ^a   Johnson, E Blair ^a   Everett, Elise ^b   Tamimi, Hisham ^a   Greer, Benjamin ^a   Swisher, Elizabeth ^a   Goff, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Nodal status; Recurrence risk; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 28044472954     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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