Endometrial stromal sarcoma of uterus

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 719-732

  Xue, Wei Cheng ^a   Cheung, Annie N Y ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

endometrial stromal sarcoma; high grade; low grade; undifferentiated endometrial sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS RATE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR NECROSIS; UNDIFFERENTIATED ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SARCOMA, ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80055050901     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: 15321932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2011.07.004     Document Type: Review

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