Diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas in vulvar cancer

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 405-410

  Baltzer, J ^a  

^a Frauenklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Precancerous lesions; Preventable delay in diagnostics and therapy; Reduced surgical morbidity; Sentinel node concepts without worsening the prognosis

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN;

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INGUINAL REGION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORPHOMETRICS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PUNCH BIOPSY; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VULVA CANCER; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3242716135     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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