The effect of tumor invasion patterns on pathologic stage of bladder urothelial carcinomas

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-91

  Bircan, Sema ^a   Candir, Ozden ^a   Kapucuoglu, Nilgun ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Invasion pattern; Urinary bladder; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 22844445026     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02893372     Document Type: Article

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