Prognostic impact of laterality in malignant ovarian germ cell tumors

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-262

  Mahdi, Haider ^a   Kumar, Sanjeev ^b   Seward, Shelly ^c   Semaan, Assaad ^c   Batchu, Ramesh ^d   Lockhart, David ^e   Tamimi, Hisham ^a   Munkarah, Adnan R ^f  

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

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Division of Gynecologic Oncology   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumor; Laterality; Ovary; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILATERAL OVARIAN GERM CELL TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSGERMINOMA; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALIGNANT TERATOMA; MIXED TUMOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARY TUMOR; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; UNILATERAL OVARIAN GERM CELL TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955647273     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e31820581e5     Document Type: Article

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