Quality assurance for radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer: The view of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer - Gynecological Cancer Group (EORTC-GCG)

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1631-1638

  Verleye, Leen ^a   Vergote, I ^b   Reed, N ^c   Ottevanger, P B ^d  

^a EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Quality assurance; Radical hysterectomy; Surgery; Uterine cervical neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349633262     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdp196     Document Type: Review

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