Effect of preoperative delay on survival in patients with bladder cancer undergoing cystectomy in Quebec: A population based study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-83

  Mahmud, Salaheddin M ^a   Fong, Brian ^a   Fahmy, Nader ^a   Tanguay, Simon ^a   Aprikian, Armen G ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasms; Cystectomy; Outcome assessment (health care); Survival; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CALCULATION; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYSTECTOMY; DATA BASE; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 29144514437     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)00070-4     Document Type: Article

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