Small cell carcinoma arising from the proximal urethra

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 674-677

  Rudloff, Udo ^a   Amukele, Samuel A ^b,c   Moldwin, Robert ^b   Qiao, Xiaoying ^b   Morgenstern, Nora ^b  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroendocrine differentiation; Small cell carcinoma; Urethra

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; URETHRA TUMOR; UROTHELIUM;

CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URETHRAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4344657794     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2004.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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