Stage specific lymph node metastasis mapping in radical cystectomy specimens

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1830-1834

  Vazina, Amnon ^b   Dugi, Daniel ^b   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^b   Evans, Jeff ^b   Link, Richard ^b   Lerner, Seth P ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bladder; Bladder neoplasms; Cystectomy; Lymph nodes; Neoplasm metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CYSTECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PELVIS; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 3242684038     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000121604.58067.95     Document Type: Article

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