Impact of Lymph Node Dissection on Cancer Specific Survival in Patients With Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Treated With Radical Nephroureterectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2482-2489

  Roscigno, Marco ^a   Shariat, Shahrokh F ⁱ   Margulis, Vitaly ^j   Karakiewicz, Pierre ^h   Remzi, Mesut ^c   Kikuchi, Eiji ^f   Langner, Cord ^d   Lotan, Yair ⁱ   Weizer, Alon ^k   Bensalah, Karim ^g   Raman, Jay D ^m   Bolenz, Christian ^e   Guo, Charles C ^j   Wood, Christopher G ^j   Zigeuner, Richard ^d   Wheat, Jeffrey ^k   Kabbani, Wareef ⁱ   Koppie, Theresa M ^l   Ng, Casey K ^m   Suardi, Nazareno ^h   Bertini, Roberto ^a   Fernández, Mario I ^b   Mikami, Shuji ^f   Isida, Masaru ^f   Michel, Maurice Stephan ^e   Montorsi, Francesco ^a   more..

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^k UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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Author keywords

carcinoma; lymph node excision; prognosis; survival; transitional cell; urologic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; URETER; URETERAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67349088423     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.02.021     Document Type: Article

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