Prognostic factors in patients with carcinoma of the vulva - Our own experience and literature review

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 260-263

  Blecharz, P ^a   Karolewski, K ^a   Bieda, T ^a   Klimek, M ^a   Pudelek, J ^a   Kojs, E ^a   Zur, K ^b   Dzialak, P ^c   Urbanski, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^c Krakow Medical Center   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carcinoma of the vulva; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY;

AGED; CARCINOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POLAND; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 44349083540     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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