Lymphovascular space involvement in early stage well-differentiated endometrial cancer is associated with increased mortality

Autor: G Flannelly, Michael E. Foley, D. O'Brien, EE Mooney
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 116:991-994
ISSN: 1470-0328
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02162.x
Popis: Objective To study the relationship between lymphovascular space involvement (LVSI) in stage 1a or 1b well-differentiated endometrial cancer and survival. Design Retrospective study consisting of a search of an oncology database to identify women with endometrial cancer between January 1990 and December 2004. Setting Tertiary referral centre, Dublin, Ireland. Sample Women who had well-differentiated stage 1a or 1b endometrial cancer. Methods During the period 1990–2004, 226 patients with endometrial cancer were treated in the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin. We looked at all patients who had well-differentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the endometrium with invasion of
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