The role and extent of pelvic lymphadenectomy in the management of patients with invasive urothelial carcinoma

Current Treatment Options in Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 267-274

  Lerner, Seth P ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

BLADDER CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTECTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PELVIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350259611     PISSN: 15272729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11864-009-0107-3     Document Type: Review

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