Re: Excise, Ablate or Observe: The Small Renal Mass Dilemma-A Meta-Analysis and Review. D. A. Kunkle, B. L. Egleston and R. G. Uzzo J Urol 2008; 179: 1227-1234

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1567-1568

  Raman, Jay D ^a   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOABLATION; EXCISION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPY; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; NEPHRON SPARING SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SMALL RENAL MASS;

CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHRECTOMY; OBSERVATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50949084806     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.06.050     Document Type: Letter

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