Preoperative serum albumin is an independent prognostic predictor of survival in ovarian cancer

Medical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2005-2009

  Asher, V ^a   Lee, J ^a   Bali, A ^a  

^a ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ovarian cancer; Preoperative serum albumin; Prognostic predictor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OMENTECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872821810     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-011-0019-5     Document Type: Article

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