Management of Small Renal Masses

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 352-358

  Kunkle, David A ^a   Kutikov, Alexander ^b   Uzzo, Robert G ^b  

^a Carolina Urological Associates   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NEPHRECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 67649890628     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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