Prophylactic inguinal-femoral irradiation as an alternative to primary lymphadenectomy in treatment of vulvar carcinoma

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1077-1085

  Hallak, Sorana ^a   Ladi, Luz ^a   Sorbe, Bengt ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Inguinal femoral irradiation; Lymphadenectomy; Prognosis; Vulvar carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VULVA TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38449113403     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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