Lymphovascular invasion predicts clinical outcomes in patients with node-negative upper tract urothelial carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 612-618

  Kikuchi, Eiji ^a   Margulis, Vitaly ^a   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^a   Roscigno, Marco ^a   Mikami, Shuji ^a   Lotan, Yair ^a   Remzi, Mesut ^a   Bolenz, Christian ^a   Langner, Cord ^a   Weizer, Alon ^a   Montorsi, Francesco ^a   Bensalah, Karim ^a   Koppie, Theresa M ^a   Fernández, Mario I ^a   Raman, Jay D ^a   Kassouf, Wassim ^a   Wood, Christopher G ^a   Suardi, Nazareno ^a   Oya, Mototsugu ^a   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR CELL; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA;

EID: 59149090103     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.2361     Document Type: Article

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