Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder: A clinicopathologic analysis of 64 patients

Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 957-962

  Cheng, Liang ^a,g   Pan, Chong Xian ^a   Yang, Ximing J ^b   Lopez Beltran, Antonio ^c   MacLennan, Gregory T ^d   Lin, Haiqun ^e   Kuzel, Timothy M ^b   Papavero, Veronica ^b   Tretiakova, Maria ^f   Nigro, Kelly ^d   Koch, Michael O ^a   Eble, John N ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystectomy; Neoplasm; Prognosis; Small cell carcinoma; Staging; Treatment; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYSTECTOMY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 4143103691     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20456     Document Type: Review

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