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Extended Radical Hysterectomy

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Encyclopedia of Radiation Oncology

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Class IV hysterectomy

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An extended radical hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus, cervix, upper portion of the vagina, portions of the ureters and bladder, and superior vesicular artery. This procedure is performed for the removal of extensive disease.

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Uterine Cervix

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Drexel University, 216 North Broad St, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA

    Dr. Christin A. Knowlton

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Marshfield Clinic, 1000 North Oak Avenue, Marshfield, WI, 54449, USA

    Dr. Michelle Kolton Mackay

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Correspondence to Christin A. Knowlton .

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  1. Distinguished University Professor, Hylda Cohn/American Cancer Professor Of Clinical Oncology, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Drexel University College of Medicine, MS 200, 216 North Broad St., Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA

    Luther W. Brady MD

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157-0001, USA

    Theodore E. Yaeger MD

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Knowlton, C.A., Mackay, M.K. (2013). Extended Radical Hysterectomy. In: Brady, L.W., Yaeger, T.E. (eds) Encyclopedia of Radiation Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85516-3_706

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