The survival impact of systematic lymphadenectomy in endometrial cancer with the use of propensity score matching analysis

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 500.e1-500.e11

  Bendifallah, Sofiane ^a,d   Koskas, Martin ^b,c   Ballester, Marcos ^a   Genin, Anne Sophie ^a   Darai, Emile ^a,c   Rouzier, Roman ^a,c  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

endometrial cancer; propensity score matching; systematic lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE;

EID: 84861576769     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.03.027     Document Type: Article

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