Renal cell carcinoma under 35 years of age: Comparison of survival rates for symptomatic and asymptomatic patients

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-293

  Zugor, Vahudin ^a   Fridel, Swetlana ^a   Lausen, Berthold ^a   Schott, Günter E ^a   Kühn, Reinhard ^b   Labanaris, Apostolos P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Martha Maria Medical Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Renal cell carcinoma; Symptoms; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; ONSET AGE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 52649123188     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-007-9274-y     Document Type: Article

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