Invasion of renal sinus fat is not an independent predictor of survival in pT3a renal cell carcinoma

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1622-1625

  Poon, Stephen A ^a   Gonzalez, Joshua R ^a   Benson, Mitchell C ^a   McKiernan, James M ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fat invasion; Kidney cancer; RCC; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL SINUS FAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHRECTOMY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 67149089145     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08239.x     Document Type: Article

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