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Radical hysterectomy in the elderly.

Azamsadat Mousavi, Mojgan Karimi Zarchi, Mitra Modares Gilani, Nadereh Behtash, Fatemeh Ghaemmaghami, Maryam Shams, and Maryam Irvanipoor

World J Surg Oncol (2008) PMID 18394193 PMCID 2373299

The considerable increase in life expectancy on one hand and an increase in cervical cancer among Iranian patients on the other, brings out the importance of investigating whether radical surgery can be performed safely and effectively on patients above 60 years of age.

DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-38
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