Lymphovascular invasion predicts poor outcome of urothelial carcinoma of renal pelvis after nephroureterectomy

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1047-1051

  Chung, Shiu Dong ^a,b   Wang, Shuo Meng ^a   Lai, Ming Kuen ^a   Huang, Chao Yuan ^a   Liao, Chun Hou ^c   Huang, Kuo How ^a   Pu, Yeong Shiau ^a   Chueh, Shih Chieh ^a   Yu, Hong Jeng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Kidney; Lymphvascular invasion; Nephroureterectomy; Prognosis; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY PELVIS CARCINOMA; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHRECTOMY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 63449140810     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08253.x     Document Type: Article

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