Intraperitoneal dissemination of endometrial cancer cells after hysteroscopy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-267

  Polyzos, Nikolaos P ^a,b,c   Mauri, Davide ^b,c   Tsioras, Spyridon ^b,c   Messini, Christina I ^a   Valachis, Antonis ^b,c   Messinis, Ioannis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Greece)

^c Medical Oncology   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cancer cell dissemination; Endometrial cancer; Hysteroscopy; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID CYTOLOGY; CANCER CELL; CANCER STAGING; CELL SPREADING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE TUBE; CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY;

EID: 77951902282     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181ca2290     Document Type: Article

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