Should the uterus and ovaries be removed, and the vagina resected, routinely during radical cystectomy?

Nature Clinical Practice Urology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-15

  Thalmann, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Cystectomy; Ovary; Uterus; Vagina

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERUS CANCER; VAGINA CANCER;

EID: 20444442842     PISSN: 17434270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpuro0063     Document Type: Short Survey

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