Mucinous histology is a risk factor for nodal metastases in endometrial cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 541-545

  Musa, Fernanda ^a   Huang, Marilyn ^b   Adams, Brandi ^a   Pirog, Edyta ^a   Holcomb, Kevin ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; lymph node metastases; Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the endometrium; Mucinous differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; MUCINOUS ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; MYOMETRIUM; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84861191747     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2012.03.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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