Carcinoma of the vulva: Combined modality treatment

Current Treatment Options in Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-95

  Montana, Gustavo S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ARTERY DISEASE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PELVIS EXENTERATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY;

EID: 3142751960     PISSN: 15272729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11864-004-0041-3     Document Type: Review

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