Lymph node counts in uterine cancer: A randomized double blind trial

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-162

  Santoso, Joseph T ^a   Azadi, Ali ^a   Wan, Jim ^a   Handorf, Charles ^a   Coleman, Robert L ^b   Tillmanns, Todd D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymph nodes counts; Uterine cancer

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PARAMETER; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS CANCER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 63749119161     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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