Preoperative lymph-vascular space invasion is associated with nodal metastases in women with early-stage cervical cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-15

  Milam, Michael R ^a   Frumovitz, Michael ^a   dos Reis, Ricardo ^b   Broaddus, Russell R ^c   Bassett Jr , Roland L ^c   Ramirez, Pedro T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Lymph vascular space invasion; Radical hysterectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250161625     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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