Is lymph node dissection mandatory among early stage endometrial cancer patients? A retrospective study

• Main Authors: Guangmin Zhang (Author), Hongyou Chen (Author), Yanying Liu (Author), Liyan Niu (Author), Liming Jin (Author), Dong Li (Author), Lihua Song (Author), Lifei Shang (Author), Xiangya Lin (Author), Fei Wang (Author), Fengtong Li (Author), Xinyu Zhang (Author), Xiaoyu Zhang (Author), Yan Gao (Author), Dongyu Qiu (Author), Yunpu Zhang (Author), Ren Na (Author), Riguge Su (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Whether routine lymph node dissection for early endometrial cancer is beneficial to survival is still controversial. However, surgeons usually perform lymph node dissection on all patients with early endometrial cancer. This study aimed to prove that the risk of lymph node metast...