Analysis of histological heterogeneity in renal cell carcinoma: Tumor size-related histological change and its prognostic significance

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 256-260

  Kanamaru, Hiroshi ^a   Muranaka, Koji ^a   Mori, Hirotaka ^a   Akino, Hironobu ^a   Arai, Yoichi ^b   Okada, Kenichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Histology; Prognosis; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0029835584     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1996.tb00530.x     Document Type: Article

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