The Protective Role of Renal Parenchyma as a Barrier to Local Tumor Spread of Upper Tract Transitional Cell Carcinoma and its Impact on Patient Survival

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 894-899

  Park, Jinsung ^a   Ha, Seong Heon ^a   Min, Gyeng Eun ^a   Song, Cheryn ^a   Hong, Bumsik ^a   Hong, Jun Hyuk ^a   Kim, Choung Soo ^a   Ahn, Hanjong ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

carcinoma; kidney; mortality; transitional cell; ureter; urinary tract

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY PELVIS CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; URETER CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URETERAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 68149160204     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.05.040     Document Type: Article

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