Sickness and Survival in Bladder Cancer: Is Comorbidity the Crystal Ball?

European Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 465-467

  Konety, Badrinath R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 38749133710     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.11.040     Document Type: Editorial

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