Factors influencing aggressive therapy for bladder cancer: An analysis of data from the SEER program

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1765-1771

  Konety, Badrinath R ^a   Joslyn, Sue A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasms; Demography; Outcome assessment (health care); Registries; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0141885295     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000091620.86778.2e     Document Type: Article

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