Urethrectomy Following Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer in Men: Practice Patterns and Impact on Survival

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1933-1937

  Nelles, Jason L ^a   Konety, Badrinath R ^a   Saigal, Christopher ^b   Pace, Jennifer ^c   Lai, Julie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder; carcinoma, transitional cell; neoplasm recurrence, local; urethra; urethrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; URETHROTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYSTECTOMY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTATECTOMY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URETHRAL NEOPLASMS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 53249137778     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.07.039     Document Type: Article

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