Coexisting endometrial and ovarian carcinomas: A retrospective clinicopathological study

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 204, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 643-648

  Caldarella, Adele ^a,b   Crocetti, Emanuele ^a   Taddei, Gian Luigi ^b   Paci, Eugenio ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Ovarian cancer; Prognostic factors; Synchronous tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; OVARY CARCINOMA; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 49749144059     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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