Does hysteroscopy affect prognosis in apparent early-stage endometrial cancer?

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 813-819

  Ben Arie, A ^a   Tamir, S ^a   Dubnik, S ^a   Gemer, O ^b   Ben Shushan, A ^c   Dgani, R ^a   Peer, G ^d   Barnett Griness, O ^d   Lavie, O ^d  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Endometrial cancer; Hysteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EARLY CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 47649121682     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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