Incorporating laparoscopy in the practice of a gynecologic oncology service: Actual impact beyond clinical trials data

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2305-2314

  Ghezzi, Fabio ^a   Cromi, Antonella ^a   Uccella, Stefano ^a   Siesto, Gabriele ^a   Zefiro, Francesca ^a   Bolis, Pierfrancesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651005031     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0514-5     Document Type: Article

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