The Omentum and omentectomy in epithelial ovarian cancer: A reappraisal Part I-Omental function and history of omentectomy

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 780-783

  Arie, Alon Ben ^a,b   McNally, Leah ^a   Kapp, Daniel S ^a   Teng, Nelson N H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer; Carcinoma; Omentectomy; Omentum; Ovary

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; OMENTECTOMY; OMENTUM; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CANCER; CARCINOMA; OMENTECTOMY; OMENTUM; OVARY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OMENTUM; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84888291792     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.09.014     Document Type: Review

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