The usefulness of pelvic lymphadenectomy in bladder cancer;Utilidad de la linfadenectomía en el cáncer de vejiga. Revisión de la literature

Actas Urologicas Espanolas

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Monzó, Juan I ^a   Herranz Amo, F ^a   Cabello Benavente, R ^a   Hernandez Fernandez C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347255279     PISSN: 02104806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0210-4806(07)73585-4     Document Type: Review

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