Adjuvant radiotherapy in patients with vulvar cancer and one intra capsular lymph node metastasis is not beneficial

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 343-345

  Fons, G ^a   Groenen, S M A ^b   Oonk, M H M ^c   Ansink, A C ^c   van der Zee, A G J ^c   Burger, M P M ^a   Stalpers, L J A ^a   van der Velden, J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lymph node metastasis; Radiotherapy; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67549137233     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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