Node count and groin recurrence in early vulvar cancer: A Gynecologic Oncology Group study

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-56

  Stehman, Frederick B ^a   Ali, Shamshad ^b   DiSaia, Philip J ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inguinal nodes; Node count; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR VOLUME; VULVA CANCER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RISK FACTORS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 62749130151     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.12.028     Document Type: Article

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