Clinical review of 100 consecutive surgically treated patients with upper urinary tract transitional tumours

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 707-711

  Racioppi, M ^a,b   D'Addessi, A ^a   Alcini, A ^a   Destito, A ^a   Alcini, E ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservative; Radical; Recurrence; Surgical treatment; Upper urinary tract transitional tumour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SURGERY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; URETER CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT TUMOR;

EID: 0031397093     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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