Is adrenalectomy a necessary component of radical nephrectomy? UCLA experience with 511 radical nephrectomies

Journal of Urology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 437-441

  Tsui, K E Hung ^a   Shvarts, Oleg ^a   Barbaric, Zoran ^a   Figlin, Robert ^a   Dekernion, Jean B ^a   Belldegrun, Arie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal glands; Adrenalectomy; Carcinoma; Emission computed; Renal cell; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033978613     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67895-0     Document Type: Article

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