The impact of surgery on survival of elderly women with endometrial cancer in the SEER program from 1992-2002

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-40

  Ahmed, Amina ^a   Zamba, Gideon ^b   DeGeest, Koen ^a   Lynch, Charles F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Endometrial cancer; Hysterectomy; SEER

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52049122336     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.06.026     Document Type: Article

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