Successful centralisation of patients with vulvar carcinoma: A population-based study in the Netherlands

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1997-2003

  Van Den Einden, Loes C G ^a   Aben, Katja K H ^a,b   Massuger, Leon F A G ^a   Van Spronsen, Dick Johan ^a,c   De Hullu, Joanne A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum Oost   (Netherlands)

^c CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Centralisation of care; Population based; Relative survival; Vulvar carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CENTRALISATION OF CARE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VULVA CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VULVAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865129556     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.01.030     Document Type: Article

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