Clinicopathological analysis of cervical cancer seen in a tertiary health facility in Nnewi, south-east Nigeria

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-301

  Ikechebelu, J I ^a   Onyiaorah, I V ^a   Ugboaja, J O ^a   Anyiam, D C D ^a   Eleje, G U ^a  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Clinical features; Gynaecological cancers; Histopathology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MULTIPARA; NIGERIA; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA DISCHARGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 77950822045     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443610903531394     Document Type: Article

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