Comparison of outcome measures in patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva treated with surgery or primary chemoradiation

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 584-590

  Landrum, Lisa M ^a   Skaggs, Valerie ^b   Gould, Natalie ^c   Walker, Joan L ^a   McMeekin, D Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c Carilion Gyn Oncology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Chemoradiation; Lymph node status; Radiation

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON THERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY;

EID: 39249083288     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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