Proposal for revision of the TNM classification system for renal cell carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2116-2123

  Ficarra, Vincenzo ^a,h   Guillè, François ^b   Schips, Luigi ^c   De La Taille, Alexander ^d   Galetti, Tommaso Prayer ^e   Tostain, Jacques ^f   Cindolo, Luca ^g   Novara, Giacomo ^a   Zigeuner, Richard ^c   Bratti, Emiliano ^e   Li, Guorong ^f   Altieri, Vincenzo ^g   Abbou, Claude C ^d   Zanolla, Luisa ^a   Artibani, Walter ^a   Patard, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Localized renal cell carcinoma; Martingale residuals analysis; Nephron sparing surgery; Partial nephrectomy; Radial nephrectomy; TNM classification system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPHRECTOMY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 27644560616     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21465     Document Type: Article

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