Patterns and frequency of recurrences of squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 293-299

  Woolderink, Jorien M ^a   de Bock, Geertruida H ^a   de Hullu, Joanne A ^b   Davy, Margaret J ^c   van der Zee, Ate G J ^a   Mourits, Marian J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Groin recurrence; Local recurrences; Local relapse free survival; Progression free survival; Skin bridge recurrences; Vulvar carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; VULVA CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748567192     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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