Conservative management of small renal tumors

Acta Urologica Japonica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 207-211

  Matsuzaki, Masato ^a,b   Kawano, Yoshiyuki ^a   Morikawa, Hirofumi ^a   Shiga, Yoshiyuki ^a   Murata, Hirokatsu ^a   Komatsu, Hideki ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Follow up studies; Growth rate; Natural history; Renal neoplasm; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34248995476     PISSN: 00181994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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