The number of lymph nodes examined and staging accuracy in renal cell carcinoma

BJU International

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-40

  Terrone, C ^a   Guercio, S ^a   De Luca, S ^c   Poggio, M ^a   Castelli, E ^c   Scoffone, C ^a   Tarabuzzi, R ^a   Scarpa, R M ^a   Fontana, D ^c   Rocca Rossetti, S ^b  

^a SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Lymph node; Lymphadenectomy; Radical nephrectomy; Renal cell carcinoma; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACCURACY; LYMPH NODE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHRECTOMY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037234652     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04017.x     Document Type: Article

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