Association between tumor diameter and lymphovascular space invasion among women with early-stage endometrial cancer

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 142-145

  Laufer, Joel ^a,b   Scasso, Santiago ^a,b   Papadia, Andrea ^a   Sosa, Claudio ^b   Cirillo, Federico ^a   Raspagliesi, Francesco ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Lymphovascular space invasion; Risk stratification; Tumor diameter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR INVASION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ENDOMETRIAL CANCER; LYMPHOVASCULAR SPACE INVASION; RISK STRATIFICATION; TUMOR DIAMETER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84885176114     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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