Computerized nuclear morphometry for the prediction of inguinal lymph nodes metastases in squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 556-561

  Lavie, O ^a   Maini, I ^b   Pilip, A ^a   Comerci, G ^b   Sabo, E ^a   Cross, P A ^b   Dawlatly, B ^b   Lopes, A ^b   Auslender, R ^a  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computerized morphometry; Lymph nodes metastases; Vulvar carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MORPHOMETRICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL; VULVA CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646024938     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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