Management and outcomes for elderly women with vulvar cancer over time

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 719-727

  Rauh Hain, J A ^a   Clemmer, J ^a   Clark, R M ^a   Bradford, L S ^a   Growdon, W B ^a   Goodman, A ^a   Boruta II, D M ^a   Dizon, D S ^a   Schorge, J O ^a   Del Carmen, M G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME OF DEATH; VERY ELDERLY; VULVA CARCINOMA;

ELDERLY; VULVAR CANCER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84899449178     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12580     Document Type: Article

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