High incidence of and risk factors for metachronous bilateral upper tract urothelial carcinoma in Taiwan

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 864-869

  Huang, Po Chien ^a   Huang, Chao Yuan ^a   Huang, Shi Wei ^a   Lai, Ming Kuen ^a   Yu, Hong Jeng ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Pu, Yeong Shiau ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney failure; Incidence; Kidney neoplasm; Transitional cell carcinoma; Ureteral neoplasm

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; NEPHRECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; URETERAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745892073     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01429.x     Document Type: Article

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