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ArticleGynecologic oncology reports2017

Vulva cancer in Ghana - Review of a hospital based data.

Mary Ann Dadzie, Charles A Aidoo, Verna Vanderpuye

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Article in Gynecologic oncology reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Review
  4. Vulvar cancer in Iran: Retrospective study over 20 years (1998-2018).Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mary Ann DadzieNational Centre For Radiotherapy And Nuclear Medicine, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, P.O Box Kb 369, Ghana.
Charles A AidooNational Centre For Radiotherapy And Nuclear Medicine, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, P.O Box Kb 369, Ghana.
Verna VanderpuyeNational Centre For Radiotherapy And Nuclear Medicine, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, P.O Box Kb 369, Ghana.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

•Seventy- 5% of vulvar cancer cases present with advance disease.•Definitive radiotherapy/chemoradiation is the main stay of treatment.•One third of patients default treatment.•Five year survival following radiotherapy was 36.7%.

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PMID28409179
PMCPMC5382029

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