A protocol for performing extended lymph node dissection using primary tumor pathological features for patients treated with radical nephrectomy for clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 465-469

  Blute, Michael L ^a   Leibovich, Bradley C ^a   Cheville, John C ^a   Lohse, Christine M ^a   Zincke, Horst ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, renal cell; Lymph node excision; Lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 3142619051     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000129815.91927.85     Document Type: Article

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