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Cancer Research UK
CancerStats Series
US National Cancer Institute
LINK to NCI information on the treatment of womb cancer
Principles and practice of oncology (8th edition)
V T De Vita, S Hellman and S A Rosenberg
Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2008
Cancer and its management (6th edition)
J Tobias and D Hochhauser
Blackwell, 2010
Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, NICE – June 2005
Link to the referral guidelines on the NICE website
Laparoscopic hysterectomy (including laparoscopic total hysterectomy and laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy) for endometrial cancer
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, NICE – September 2010
Link to the laparoscopic hysterectomy guidelines on the NICE website
Endometrial cancer. S Saso and others, British Medical Journal 2011; 342:d3954
Hormonal therapy in advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. F Kokka and others.Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD007926. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007926.pub2.
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Adjuvant external beam radiotherapy in the treatment of endometrial cancer (MRC ASTEC and NCIC CTG EN.5 randomised trials): pooled trial results, systematic review, and meta analysis. ASTEC/EN.5 Study Group, P Blake and others. The Lancet, 2009 Jan 10;373(9658):97–9.
Progestagens for endometrial cancer. Martin-Hirsch PL, Jarvis G, Kitchener H, Lilford R 1999. Cochrane Review. In: The Cochrane Library, issue 2, 2004. Chichester, UK: John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
Chemotherapy for advanced, recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma. Humber C et al, 2005. Cochrane Review. In The Cochrane Library, issue 4, 2005. Chichester, UK: John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
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