Progression of Disease Despite Good Endoscopic Local Control of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Urology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 469-472

  Weizer, Alon Z ^a   Faerber, Gary J ^a   Wolf Jr , J Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CREATININE; DOCETAXEL; MITOMYCIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; SOLITARY KIDNEY; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETEROSCOPY; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY PELVIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEPHRECTOMY; PACLITAXEL; TAXOIDS; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 34648846913     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.04.041     Document Type: Article

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