Micropapillary pattern in urothelial carcinoma: A clinicopathological analysis

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 300-305

  Alkibay, Turgut ^a,b   Sözen, Sinan ^a   Gürocak, Serhat ^a   Işik Gönül, Ispek ^a   Poyraz, Aylar ^a   Üre, Yimser ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bladder; Micropapillary pattern; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROPAPILLARY UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350343711     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000241672     Document Type: Article

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