Primary urothelial carcinoma of the ureter: 11-Year experience in Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 522-530

  Chen, Wen Jung ^a   Kuo, Junne Yih ^a,b   Chen, Kuang Kuo ^a,b   Lin, Alex Tong Long ^a,b   Chang, Yen Hwa ^a,b   Chang, Luke S ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Prognosis; Transitional cell; Ureteral neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SURGERY; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; URETER CARCINOMA; URETER SURGERY;

EID: 28644433151     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70087-5     Document Type: Article

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