The prognostic significance of metastatic perivesical lymph nodes identified in radical cystectomy specimens for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 2253-2257

  Bella, Anthony J ^a   Stitt, Larry W ^a   Chin, Joseph L ^a   Izawa, Jonathan I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasms; Cystectomy; Lymph nodes; Neoplasm metastasis; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PERIVESICAL LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0242523832     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000095804.33714.ea     Document Type: Article

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