Efficacy of office fulguration for recurrent low grade papillary bladder tumors less than 0.5 cm

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 636-639

  Donat, S Machele ^a   North, Amanda ^a   Dalbagni, Guido ^a   Herr, Harry W ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasms; Electrocoagulation; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUTERIZATION; CYSTECTOMY; CYTOLOGY; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPILLOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0347129596     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000103100.22951.5e     Document Type: Article

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