The Extent of Lymphadenectomy Seems to Be Associated with Better Survival in Patients with Nonmetastatic Upper-Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: How Many Lymph Nodes Should Be Removed?

European Urology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 512-519

  Roscigno, Marco ^a   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^b   Margulis, Vitaly ^e   Karakiewicz, Pierre ^m   Remzi, Mesut ^d   Kikuchi, Eiji ^g   Zigeuner, Richard ^h   Weizer, Alon ⁱ   Sagalowsky, Arthur ^b   Bensalah, Karim ^l   Raman, Jay D ^k   Bolenz, Christian ^f   Kassou, Wassim ^f   Koppie, Theresa M ^j   Wood, Christopher G ^e   Wheat, Jeffrey ⁱ   Langner, Cord ^h   Ng, Casey K ^k   Capitanio, Umberto ^m   Bertini, Roberto ^a   Fernández, Mario I ^c   Mikami, Shuji ^g   Isida, Masaru ^g   Ströbel, Philipp ^f   Montorsi, Francesco ^a   more..

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^m UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Lymph node dissection; Metastasis; Nephroureterectomy; Prognosis; Survival; Urinary tract cancer; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR;

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

EID: 67651048576     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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