Women with HNPCC: A target population for the chemoprevention of gynecologic cancers

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 2077-2080

  Broaddus, Russell R ^a   Lu, Karen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Cancer; Endometrial Cancer; Endometrioid Carcinoma; Endometrium; Gynecologic Cancer; HNPCC; Neoplasia; Ovary; Review; Tumor

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744767427     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1950     Document Type: Review

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