Clinical value of immunohistochemically detected lymphovascular space invasion in early stage cervical carcinoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2581-2588

  Lim, Chung Sim ^a   Alexander Sefre, Farhad ^b   Allam, Mohamed ^c   Singh, Naveena ^a   Aleong, Joanne Chin ^a   Al Rawi, Haytham ^a   Jacobs, Ian J ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c WISHAW GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Immunohistochemistry; LVSI; Vascular invasion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOVASCULAR SPACE; LYMPHOVASCULAR SPACE INVASION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50049098259     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0014-z     Document Type: Article

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