Updating of a recent meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials to assess the safety and the efficacy of the laparoscopic surgery for treating early stage endometrial cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 135-136

  Palomba, Stefano ^a   Falbo, Angela ^a   Russo, Tiziana ^b   Zullo, Fulvio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b Cancer Center of Excellence Tommaso Campanella of Germaneto   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NEOPLASM STAGING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349124841     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.03.025     Document Type: Letter

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