Targeted selective trachelo-colpectomy for preservation of fertility in a young woman with vaginal clear cell carcinoma

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 420-421

  Shepherd, E S ^a   Lowe, D A ^b   Shepherd, J H ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b London Clinic Cancer Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHELO COLPECTOMY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINAL CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; VAGINA; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952261088     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443611003681428     Document Type: Article

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