Superiority of ratio based lymph node staging for bladder cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 943-945

  Herr, Harry W ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Bladder neoplasms; Lymph nodes; Neoplasm staging; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYSTECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0037366080     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000032474.22093.06     Document Type: Article

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