Is stage pT4a (D1) reliable in assessing transitional cell carcinoma involvement of the prostate in patients with a concurrent bladder cancer? A necessary distinction for contiguous or noncontiguous involvement

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 244-247

  Pagano, Francesco ^a   Bassi, Pierfrancesco ^a   Drago Ferrante, Giovanni L ^a   Piazza, Nicola ^a   Abatangelo, Giuseppe ^a   Pappagallo, Giovanni L ^a   Garbeglio, Antonio ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasms; Carcinoma, transitional cell; Neoplasm staging; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; BLADDER; BLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URINARY DIVERSION;

EID: 0029655597     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66605-9     Document Type: Article

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