Prognostic value of bilateral positive nodes in squamous cell cancer of the vulva

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1276-1280

  Fons, Guus ^a   Hyde, Simon E ^b   Buist, Marrije R ^a   Schilthuis, Marten S ^a   Grant, Peter ^b   Burger, Matthé P M ^a   Van Der Velden, Jacobus ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extracapsular spread; Lymph node metastases; Prognosis; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VULVA CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; VULVA TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73449086050     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e31819d58a1     Document Type: Article

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