Serendipitous renal cell carcinoma in the post-CT era: Continued evidence in improved outcomes

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-44

  Leslie, Jeffrey A ^a   Prihoda, Tom ^a   Thompson, Ian M ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

CT scanning; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME; AGED; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIFE TABLE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TEXAS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141888149     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-1439(02)00205-3     Document Type: Article

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