Accurate pathological staging of urothelial neoplasms requires better cystoscopic sampling

Journal of Urology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2404-2407

  Maruniak, Nicholas A ^a,b   Takezawa, Kimiko ^a,b   Murphy, William M ^a,b  

^a CytoCor   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Bladder; Bladder neoplasms; Neoplasm staging; Specimen handling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER MUCOSA; BLADDER MUSCLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

EID: 0036090582     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64993-2     Document Type: Article

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