Conservative management of renal masses in the elderly: Our experience

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 203-207

  Fernando, Herman S ^a   Duvuru, Sudhir ^a   Hawkyard, Simon J ^a  

^a SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservative management; Elderly; Renal masses

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEMATURIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLITARY KIDNEY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34248160550     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-006-9119-0     Document Type: Article

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