Upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma: Current treatment overview of minimally invasive approaches

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 982-987

  Argyropoulos, Athanasios N ^a   Tolley, David A ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Nephroureterectomy; Percutaneous; Transitional cell carcinoma; Upper urinary tract; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

BLEEDING; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34247161247     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.06870.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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