Extracapsular extension of pelvic lymph node metastases is of prognostic value in carcinoma of the cervix uteri

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-67

  Horn, Lars Christian ^a   Hentschel, Bettina ^a   Galle, Dana ^a   Bilek, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; Extracapsular spread; Metastases; Metastatic disease; Pelvic lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 37349004764     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.08.086     Document Type: Article

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