Commentary on 'Centralisation of ovarian cancer'

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1186-1187

  Dobbs, Stephen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ALGORITHM; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CENTRALIZATION; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NOTE; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT SELECTION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SURGEON; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34548662656     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01461.x     Document Type: Note

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