Carcinoma of urachus: Report of 15 cases and review of literature - Is total cystectomy the treatment of choice for urachal carcinoma?

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 487-494

  Asano, Koji ^a   Miki, Jun ^a   Yamada, Hiroki ^a   Maeda, Shiegetaka ^a   Abe, Kazuhiro ^a   Furuta, Akira ^a   Suzuki, Masayasu ^c   Onishi, Tetsuro ^a   Kido, Akira ^d   Ueda, Masataka ^b   Kawakami, Makio ^a   Onodera, Shoichi ^a   Oishi, Yukihiko ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Fuji Municipal Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c Atsugi Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Prognosis; The type of operation; Urachal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URACHUS;

EID: 0037644845     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.94.487     Document Type: Article

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