Lymph node size in uterine cancer: A revisit

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1880-1884

  Tangjitgamol, S ^a   Manusirivithaya, S ^a   Jesadapatarakul, S ^a   Leelahakorn, S ^a   Thawaramara, T ^a  

^a NAVAMINDRADHIRAJ UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Lymph node size; Uterine cancer metastasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS CANCER;

CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SARCOMA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33749145888     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00715.x     Document Type: Article

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