Assessing the adequacy of surgical staging for ovarian cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 781-782

  Herzog, Thomas J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

BENCHMARKING; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751401843     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2006.10.017     Document Type: Editorial

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