Management of vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 306-312

  Gurumurthy, Mahalakshmi ^a   Cruickshank, Margaret E ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CO 2 laser; imiquimod; ultrasonic surgical aspiration; vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia; vaginectomy

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

APPLICATION SITE EXCORIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TUMOR BIOPSY; ULTRASONIC ABLATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VAGINA ADENOSIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINA SORENESS; VAGINAL BURNING SENSATION; VAGINAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; VAGINAL ULCER; VAGINECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AMINOQUINOLINES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84863588808     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: 15260976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e31823da7fb     Document Type: Review

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