Predictive value of a proposed subclassification of stages i and ii cervical cancer based on clinical tumor diameter

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-7

  Eifel, Patricia J ^a   Jhingran, Anuja ^a   Levenback, Charles F ^b   Tucker, Susan ^c  

^a Division of Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^b Department of Gynecologic Oncology ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Prognostic factors; Staging

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; CLASSIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65649107289     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e318197f185     Document Type: Article

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