Adjuvant radiotherapy and survival outcomes in early-stage endometrial cancer: A multi-institutional analysis of 608 women

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 661-666

  Macdonald, O Kenneth ^a   Sause, William T ^b   Lee, R Jeffrey ^b   Lee, Christopher M ^a   Dodson, Mark K ^a   Zempolich, Karen ^a   Gaffney, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiation therapy; Early stage disease; Endometrial cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750169608     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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