Hydronephrosis as a Prognostic Marker in Bladder Cancer in a Cystectomy-Only Series

European Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 690-698

  Bartsch, Georg C ^a   Kuefer, Rainer ^a   Gschwend, Juergen E ^a   de Petriconi, Robert ^a   Hautmann, Richard E ^a   Volkmer, Bjoern G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bladder carcinoma; Cystectomy; Hydronephrosis; Transitional cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CALCULATION; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URETER CANCER; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846208773     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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