The 1997 TNM classification of renal cell carcinoma revisited: The pendulum swings back

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 371-373

  Sagalowsky, Arthur I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036738166     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-200209000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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