Accuracy of preoperative curettage in determining tumor type and grade in endometrial cancer

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 766-771

  Thanachaiviwat, Amornrat ^a   Thirapakawong, Chaiyod ^a   Leelaphatanadit, Chairat ^a   Chuangsuwanich, Tuenjai ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cancer corpus; Curettage; Endometrial cancer; Endometrioid; Tumor grade

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE TYPES; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960041627     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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