Incidental and symptomatic renal tumors: Impact on patient survival

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 165-169

  Dall'Oglio, Marcos Francisco ^a,b   Srougi, Miguel ^a,b   Gonçalves, Pierre Damião ^a,b   Leite, Kátia ^a,b   Nesrallah, Luciano ^a,b   Hering, Flávio ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL BENEFICÊNCIA PORTUGUESA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Cell; Diagnosis; Incidental; Renal; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4444321941     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: 15163180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802002000600002     Document Type: Article

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