Impact of delay to nephroureterectomy for patients undergoing ureteroscopic biopsy and laser tumor ablation of upper tract transitional cell carcinoma

Urology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 283-287

  Boorjian, Stephen ^a   Ng, Casey ^a   Munver, Ravi ^a   Palese, Michael A ^a   Vaughan Jr , E Darracott ^a   Sosa, R Ernest ^a   Del Pizzo, Joseph J ^a   Scherr, Douglas S ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYTOLOGY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; URETEROSCOPY; URINE CYTOLOGY;

AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; URETER; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 23744456157     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.02.022     Document Type: Article

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