The number of pelvic lymph nodes in the quality control and prognosis of radical hysterectomy for the treatment of cervical cancer

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 216-221

  Pieterse, Q D ^a   Kenter, G G ^a   Gaarenstroom, K N ^a   Peters, A A W ^a   Willems, S M ^a   Fleuren, G J ^a   Trimbos, J B M Z ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; Lymphadenectomy; Quality control; Radical hysterectomy; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33847670225     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2006.09.037     Document Type: Article

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