Patterns of invasion and histological growth as prognostic indicators in urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 448, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 604-611

  Langner, C ^a   Hutterer, G ^a   Chromecki, T ^a   Rehak, P ^a   Zigeuner, R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Glandular differentiation; Pattern of invasion; Prognosis; Squamous differentiation; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33749353152     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-006-0150-4     Document Type: Review

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