Is repeated transurethral resection justified in patients with newly diagnosed superficial bladder cancer?

Urology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 220-223

  Schips, Luigi ^a   Augustin, Herbert ^a   Zigeuner, Richard E ^a   Gallé, Guenter ^a   Habermann, Helga ^a   Trummer, Harald ^a   Pummer, Karl ^a   Hubmer, Gerhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036167387     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(01)01522-9     Document Type: Article

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