Lymphovascular invasion as a prognostic tool for advanced bladder cancer

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 367-371

  Algaba, Ferran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Advanced bladder cancer; Bladder cancer; Lymphovascular invasion; Vascular invasion

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LYMPHOVASCULAR INVASION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33747188090     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mou.0000240311.08701.55     Document Type: Review

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