A comparison of younger vs older women with vulvar cancer in the United States

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Kumar, Sanjeev ^a,c   Shah, Jay P ^a,c   Bryant, Christopher S ^a,c   Imudia, Anthony N ^a,c   Morris, Robert T ^a,c   Malone Jr , John M ^a,b,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

age of diagnosis; survival; vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VULVA CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; VULVAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64549124735     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.09.869     Document Type: Article

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