Does radiotherapy or lymphadenectomy improve survival in endometrial stromal sarcoma?

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1232-1238

  Barney, Brandon ^a   Tward, Jonathan D ^a   Skidmore, Thomas ^b   Gaffney, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial stromal sarcoma; Lymphadenectomy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SURVIVAL TIME; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449149101     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181b33c9a     Document Type: Article

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