Metastatic patterns at autopsy in patients with ovarian carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1272-1280

  Güth, Uwe ^a   Huang, Dorothy Jane ^a   Bauer, Gregor ^b   Stieger, Marco ^c   Wight, Edward ^a   Singer, Gad ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Surgery   (Switzerland)

^c Cantonal Hospital Bruderholz   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e Kantonsspital Baden   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Metastases; Ovarian cancer; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY METASTASIS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548708028     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22919     Document Type: Article

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