Difficulties in assessing the depth of myometrial invasion in endometrial carcinoma

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-123

  Ali, Asya ^a   Black, Destin ^a   Soslow, Robert A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Endometrial cancer; Endometrial stroma metaplasia; Endomyometrial junction; Myometrial invasion

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPLASIA; METASTASIS; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROMA CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL TUMORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34147117812     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pgp.0000233165.56385.0b     Document Type: Article

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