Significance of lower uterine segment involvement in women with stage I endometrial adenocarcinoma

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 703-706

  Gemer, Ofer ^a,b   Uriev, Leonid ^a   Harkovsky, Tatiana ^a   Peled, Ronit ^a   Ben Dor, David ^a   Barak, Frida ^a   Segal, Shmuel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Endometrial cancer; Lower uterine segment

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; CERVIX UTERI; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4544318147     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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