A review of the management by hysterectomy of 25 cases of gestational trophoblastic tumours from March 1993 to January 2006

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1168-1171

  Doumplis, D ^a   Al Khatib, K ^b   Sieunarine, K ^b   Lindsay, I ^c   Seckl, M ^c   Bridges, J ^b   Smith, J R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gestational trophoblastic disease; Hysterectomy; Lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34547838913     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01347.x     Document Type: Article

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