Surgical management of endometrial cancer: How much is enough?

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-3

  Orr Jr , James W ^a   Taylor Jr , Peyton T ^b  

^a Florida Society of Gynecologic Oncologists   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 40949161325     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.02.013     Document Type: Editorial

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