Prognostic significance of venous thrombus in renal cell carcinoma. Are renal vein and inferior vena cava involvement different?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 588-591

  Kim, Hyung L ^a   Zisman, Amnon ^a   Han, Ken Ryu ^a   Figlin, Robert A ^a   Belldegrun, Arie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, renal cell; Prognosis; Renal veins; Vena cava, inferior

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FUHRMAN GRADE AND EASTERN COOPERATIVE ONCOLOGY GROUP PERFORMANCE STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBECTOMY; TUMOR THROMBUS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0347759902     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000104672.37029.4b     Document Type: Article

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