Lymph node counts in endometrial cancer: Expectations versus reality

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 913-918

  Euscher, Elizabeth D ^a   Bassett, Roland ^a   Malpica, Anais ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

endometrial cancer; lymph nodes; lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, SEROUS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PELVIS;

EID: 79958002074     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31821899be     Document Type: Article

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