A high body mass index is not a worse prognostic factor for endometrial carcinoma in a predominantly obese population

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 243-247

  Lino Silva, Leonardo Saúl ^a   De León, David Cantú ^a   Salcedo Hernández, Rosa Angélica ^a   Cavazos Saman, Claudia ^a   Pérez Montiel, María Delia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Endometrial carcinoma; Endometrioid adenocarcinoma; Female cancer; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIMARY TUMOR; SURVIVAL TIME; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 84878573859     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: 16993055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-012-0906-z     Document Type: Article

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