Spindle cell morphology is related to poor prognosis in vulvar squamous cell carcinoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2259-2265

  Trietsch, M D ^a   Peters, A A W ^a   Gaarenstroom, K N ^a   Van Koningsbrugge, S H L ^a   Ter Haar, N T ^a   Osse, E M ^a   Halbesma, N ^a   Fleuren, G J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

carcinoma; prognosis; spindle cell; squamous cell; vulva

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVAR SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WART VIRUS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84885895334     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.563     Document Type: Article

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