Primary groin irradiation versus primary groin surgery for early vulvar cancer

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2011, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  van der Velden, Jacobus ^a   Fons, Guus ^a   Lawrie, Theresa A ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; EARLY CANCER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; LYMPHEDEMA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RATE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY GROIN IRRADIATION; PRIMARY GROIN SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VULVA CANCER; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODE; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VULVA TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODES; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79959526211     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002224.pub2     Document Type: Review

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