Treating vulvar cancer in the new millennium: Are patients receiving optimal care?

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-75

  Barbera, Lisa ^a,b,c   Thomas, Gillian ^a,b   Elit, Laurie ^d,e   Covens, Al ^f,g   Fyles, Anthony ^b,h   Osborne, Ray ^f,g   Yun, Lingsong ^c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VULVA CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; ONTARIO; PILOT PROJECTS; SURVIVAL RATE; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 40949131283     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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