Preoperative hydronephrosis as an indicator of survival after radical cystectomy

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 491-495

  Chapman, Darren M ^a   Pohar, Kamal S ^a   Gong, Michael C ^b   Bahnson, Robert R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Cystectomy; Hydronephrosis; Prognosis; Survival; Transitional cell; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 69249113105     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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