The role of radical surgery for renal cell carcinoma with extension into the vena cava

Journal of Urology

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1671-1675

  Staehler, Gerd ^a   Brkovic, Drasko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Inferior; Kidney; Neoplasm metastasis; Nephrectomy; Renal cell; Surgery; Vena cava

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR THROMBUS;

EID: 0034045167     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67517-9     Document Type: Article

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