Uterine sarcoma: A report of 57 cases over a 16-year period analysis

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-134

  Tsikouras, P ^a,c   Liberis, V ^a   Galazios, G ^a   Savidis, A ^a   Grapsa, A ^a   Grapsas, X ^a   Teichmann, A T ^b   Maroulis, G ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b Aschaffenburg Hospital   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Follow up; Postoperative treatment; Surgical; Uterine sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 41849101489     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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