Radical Cystectomy - Often Too Late? Yes, But ...

European Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1129-1138

  Studer, Urs E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLADDER CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOTHERAPY; CYSTECTOMY; EDITORIAL; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MICROMETASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINARY DIVERSION;

CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750619114     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.07.056     Document Type: Editorial

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