Planned preoperative radiation therapy in muscle invasive bladder cancer; Results of a meta-analysis

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3 B, 1998, Pages 1931-1934

  Huncharek, Michael ^a   Muscat, Joshua ^b,c   Geschwind, J F ^d  

^a Meta Analysis Research Group   (United States)

^b AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Combined modality; Meta analysis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031927277     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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