Is complete surgical staging necessary in clinically early-stage endometrial carcinoma?

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1057-1061

  Sirisabya, Nakarin ^a   Manchana, Tarinee ^a   Worasethsin, Pongkasem ^a   Khemapech, Nipon ^a   Lertkhachonsuk, Ruangsak ^a   Sittisomwong, Tul ^a   Vasuratna, Apichai ^a   Termrungruanglert, Wichai ^a   Tresukosol, Damrong ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Complete surgical staging; Endometrial carcinoma; Lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MYOMETRIUM; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349249433     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181a8ba85     Document Type: Article

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