Cystectomy in the elderly: Does the survival benefit in younger patients translate to the octogenarians?

BJU International

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 284-290

  Chamie, Karim ^a,b   Hu, Brian ^b   DeVere White, Ralph W ^b   Ellison, Lars M ^b  

^a University of California Davis ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Bladder; Cystectomy; Neoplasms; Octogenarian; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 47649091038     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07636.x     Document Type: Article

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