Prognostic value of the number and laterality of metastatic inguinal lymph nodes in vulvar cancer: Revisiting the FIGO staging system

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 780-785

  Baiocchi, G ^a   Silva Cestari, F M ^a   Rocha, R M ^a   Lavorato Rocha, A ^a   Maia, B M ^a   Cestari, L A ^a   Kumagai, L Y ^a   Faloppa, C C ^a   Fukazawa, E M ^a   Badiglian Filho, L ^a   Sant'Ana Rodrigues, I ^a   Soares, F A ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lymph node metastasis; Lymphadenectomy; Prognosis; Tumor staging; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS STAGING SYSTEM; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULVA CANCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84878859507     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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