Role of surgical resection for lung, liver, and central nervous system metastases in patients with gynecological cancer: A literature review

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 399-422

  Tangjitgamol, S ^a   Levenback, C F ^a   Beller, U ^b   Kavanagh, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

CNS; Gynecological cancers; Liver; Lung; Metastases; Resection

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2942587182     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1048-891x.2004.14326.x     Document Type: Review

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