Partial nephrectomy: The standard approach for small renal cell carcinoma?

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 431-432

  Van Poppel, Hein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LAPAROSCOPY; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; URINARY TRACT FISTULA; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CLINICAL TRIALS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHRONS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0442276330     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-200311000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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