Risk stratification of patients with nodal involvement in upper tract urothelial carcinoma: Value of lymph-node density

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 302-306

  Bolenz, Christian ^a   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^b,n   Fernández, Mario I ^c   Margulis, Vitaly ^d   Lotan, Yair ^b   Karakiewicz, Pierre ^e   Remzi, Mesut ^f   Kikuchi, Eiji ^g   Zigeuner, Richard ^h   Weizer, Alon ⁱ   Montorsi, Francesco ^j   Bensalah, Karim ^k   Wood, Christopher G ^d   Roscigno, Marco ^j   Langner, Cord ^h   Koppie, Theresa M ^l   Raman, Jay D ^m   Mikami, Shuji ^g   Michel, Maurice Stephan ^a   Ströbel, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Lymph node dissection; Lymphatic metastases; Prognosis; Urinary tract cancer; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEPHRECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58449135464     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07988.x     Document Type: Article

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