New FIGO staging system of vulvar cancer indeed provides a better reflection of prognosis

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 520-525

  Van Der Steen, S ^a   Van De Nieuwenhof, H P V ^a   Massuger, L ^a   Bulten, J ^a   De Hullu, J A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

New FIGO stage; Survival; Vulvar squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FIGO STAGING SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VULVA CANCER; VULVA SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78149358067     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2010.08.036     Document Type: Article

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