Lymphadenectomy's role in early endometrial cancer: Prognostic or therapeutic?

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 100, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 1660-1661

  Walsh, Christine S ^a   Karlan, Beth Y ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 57349197067     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djn413     Document Type: Editorial

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