Mortality after major surgery for urologic cancers in specialized urology hospitals: Are they any better?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2006-2012

  Konety, Badrinath R ^a   Allareddy, Veerasathpurush ^a   Modak, Sanjukta ^a   Smith, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; DATA BASE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEPHRECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT CANCER; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPHRECTOMY; PROSTATECTOMY; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646459025     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.04.2622     Document Type: Article

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