The expression of thymidine phosphorylase is a prognostic predictor for the intravesical recurrence of superficial bladder cancer

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 297-302

  Nonomura, Norio ^a   Nakai, Yasutomo ^a   Nakayama, Masashi ^a   Inoue, Hitoshi ^a   Nishimura, Kazuo ^a   Hatanaka, Eijirou ^b   Arima, Ryouichi ^b   Kishimoto, Tomomi ^c   Miki, Tsuneharu ^d   Kuroda, Hideya ^b   Okuyama, Akihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Otemae Hospital   (Japan)

^c SAKAI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Instillation superficial bladder cancer; Platelet derived endothelial cell growth factor; Tetrahydropyranyladriamycin (THP); Thymidine phosphorylase

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PIRARUBICIN; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SUPERFICIAL CANCER; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVESICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748122878     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-006-0562-9     Document Type: Article

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