Evaluation of the Relevance of Lymph Node Density in a Contemporary Series of Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-57

  Kassouf, Wassim ^a   Leibovici, Dan ^a   Munsell, Mark F ^a   Dinney, Colin P ^a   Grossman, H Barton ^a   Kamat, Ashish M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder; bladder neoplasms; chemotherapy; cystectomy; lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PELVIS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33744535236     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(06)00510-6     Document Type: Article

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