Validity of intraoperative gross examination of myometrial invasion in patients with endometrial cancer: A meta-analysis

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 779-793

  Mavromatis, Ioannis D ^a   Antonopoulos, Constantine N ^a   Matsoukis, Ioannis L ^a   Frangos, Constantinos C ^b   Skalkidou, Alkistis ^c   Creatsas, George ^a   Petridou, Eleni Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Intraoperative gross examination; Meta analysis; Sensitivity; Specificity; Validity

Indexed keywords

CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MYOMETRIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84862861565     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01406.x     Document Type: Review

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