The 'Stage, Size, Grade and Necrosis' score is more accurate than the University of California Los Angeles Integrated Staging System for predicting cancer-specific survival in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-170

  Ficarra, Vincenzo ^a   Novara, Giacomo ^b   Galfano, Antonio ^a   Brunelli, Matteo ^c   Cavalleri, Stefano ^a   Martignoni, Guido ^c   Artibani, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Integrated staging systems; Prognostic factors; Renal cell carcinoma; SSIGN; Survival; UISS

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 58149170711     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07901.x     Document Type: Article

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