Prospectively packaged lymph node dissections with radical cystectomy: Evaluation of node count variability and node mapping

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1286-1290

  Bochner, Bernard H ^a   Cho, Daniel ^a   Herr, Harry W ^a   Donat, Machele ^a   Kattan, Michael W ^a   Dalbagni, Guido ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Cystectomy; Lymph nodes; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4544317114     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000137817.56888.d1     Document Type: Article

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