Eastern cooperative oncology group performance status predicts bone metastasis in patients presenting with renal cell carcinoma: Implication for preoperative bone scans

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 867-870

  Shvarts, Oleg ^a   Lam, John S ^a   Kim, Hyung L ^a   Han, Ken Ryu ^a   Figlin, Robert ^a   Belldegrun, Arie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone and bones; Carcinoma, renal cell; Kidney; Neoplasm metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MYALGIA; NEPHRECTOMY; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

EID: 4143095962     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000135803.91207.b0     Document Type: Article

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