Evaluation of regional lymph node dissection in patients with upper urinary tract urothelial cancer

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-32

  Secin, Fernando P ^a   Koppie, Theresa M ^a   Salamanca, Juan I Martinez ^a   Bokhari, Shahid ^a   Raj, Ganesh V ^a   Olgac, Semra ^a   Serio, Angel ^a   Vickers, Andrew ^a   Bochner, Bernard H ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney neoplasms; Lymph nodes; Metastasis; Survival; Ureteral neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URETERAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845678646     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01664.x     Document Type: Article

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