Disease-free survival after vaginal vault brachytherapy versus observation for patients with node-negative intermediate-risk endometrial adenocarcinoma

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 280-285

  Obermair, Andreas ^a,b   Cheuk, Robyn ^b   Pak, Sok Cheon ^a   Perrin, Lewis ^c   Nicklin, James ^b   Crandon, Alex ^c   Land, Russell ^b   Chennakes, Srinivas Kondalsamy ^a   Janda, Monika ^d   Tripcony, Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; recurrence; Vaginal vault brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VAGINAL VAULT BRACHYTHERAPY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 50149107419     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.05.028     Document Type: Article

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