Reassessing the current TNM lymph node staging for renal cell carcinoma

European Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 324-331

  Terrone, Carlo ^a   Cracco, C ^a   Porpiglia, F ^a   Bollito, E ^a   Scoffone, C ^a   Poggio, M ^a   Berruti, A ^a   Ragni, F ^a   Cossu, M ^a   Scarpa, R M ^a   Rossetti, S Rocca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lymph nodes; Nephrectomy; Prognosis; Renal cell carcinoma; Staging

Indexed keywords

FLOXURIDINE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHRECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32044468951     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2005.11.014     Document Type: Article

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