Patterns of care for women with cervical cancer in the United States

Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 743-749

  Trimble, Edward L ^a   Harlan, Linda C ^a   Gius, David ^a   Stevens, Jennifer ^b   Schwartz, Stephen M ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Chemoradiation; Chemotherapy; Radiation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50249126057     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23682     Document Type: Article

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