Lymph node involvement in locally advanced cervical cancer patients administered preoperative chemoradiation versus chemotherapy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1129-1135

  Ferrandina, Gabriella ^a,b   Distefano, Mariagrazia ^a   Ludovisi, Manuela ^a   Morganti, Alessio ^b   Smaniotto, Daniela ^a   D'Agostino, Giuseppe ^a   Fanfani, Francesco ^b   Scambia, Giovanni ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Locally advanced cervical cancer; Lymphnode involvement; Preoperative chemoradiation

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250194053     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9252-0     Document Type: Article

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