Clinical and histopathologic factors related to prognosis in primary squamous cell carcinoma of the vagina

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1201-1211

  Hellman, K ^a   Lundell, M ^a   Silfversward C ^b   Nilsson, B ^c   Hellstrom A C ^a   Frankendal, B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Cancer Center Karolinska   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Survival; Vaginal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VAGINA; VAGINA CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745110528     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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