Renal cell carcinoma of 4 cm or less: An appraisal of its clinical presentation and contemporary surgical management

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-43

  Lee, Victor T W ^a   Yip, Sidney K H ^a   Tan, Puay Hoon ^a   Siow, Woei Yun ^a   Lau, Weber K O ^a   Cheng, Christopher W S ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Partial nephrectomy; Radical nephrectomy; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRON SPARING SURGERY; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 30944441411     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60293-1     Document Type: Article

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