Lymphadenectomy in bladder cancer: A review

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-199

  Buscarini, Maurizio ^a,b   Josephson, David Y ^a   Stein, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Cystectomy; Lymph node metastases; Lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUTERIZATION; CYSTECTOMY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; NEOPLASM STAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 35348848351     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107949     Document Type: Review

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