Intraoperative frozen section assessment of myometrial invasion and histology of endometrial cancer using the revised FIGO staging system

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1180-1184

  Ugaki, Hiromi ^a   Kimura, Toshihiro ^a   Miyatake, Takashi ^a   Ueda, Yutaka ^a   Yoshino, Kiyoshi ^a   Matsuzaki, Shinya ^a   Fujita, Masami ^a   Kimura, Tadashi ^a   Morii, Eiichi ^a   Enomoto, Takayuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Intraoperative frozen section; Revised FIGO staging system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; MYOMETRIUM; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856068134     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e318221eb92     Document Type: Article

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