Lymphovascular Invasion of Urothelial Cancer in Matched Transurethral Bladder Tumor Resection and Radical Cystectomy Specimens

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1928-1932

  Kunju, Lakshmi P ^a   You, Li ^a   Zhang, Yingxi ^a   Daignault, Stephanie ^a   Montie, James E ^a   Lee, Cheryl T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

carcinoma; lymph nodes; neoplasm invasiveness; urinary bladder; urothelium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CYSTECTOMY; CYSTOSCOPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 53249095471     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.07.056     Document Type: Article

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