The impact of positive soft tissue surgical margins following radical cystectomy for high-grade, invasive bladder cancer

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-38

  Hadjizacharia, Pantelis ^a   Stein, John P ^a   Cai, Jie ^a   Miranda, Gus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neobladder; Neoplasm; Outcomes; Surgical margins; Survival rate; Transitional cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SURVIVAL RATE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 59249104569     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-008-0345-1     Document Type: Article

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