Should pheochromocytoma size influence surgical approach? A comparison of 90 malignant and 60 benign pheochromocytomas

Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1129-1137

  Shen, Wen T ^a   Sturgeon, Cord ^a   Clark, Orlo H ^a   Duh, Quan Yang ^a   Kebebew, Electron ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSF/Mt Zion Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10644237101     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2004.05.058     Document Type: Article

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