Prognostic factors of renal cell carcinoma with extension into inferior vena cava

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 394-398

  Tanaka, Masahiro ^a   Fujimoto, Kiyohide ^a   Okajima, Eijiro ^a   Tanaka, Nobumichi ^a   Yoshida, Katsunori ^a   Hirao, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Prognostic factor; Renal cell carcinoma; Tumor thrombus; Vena cava involvement

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTANT METASTASIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LOCAL METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBECTOMY; TUMOR THROMBUS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; NEPHRECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 43049119288     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2008.02017.x     Document Type: Article

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