Association Between Lymph Node Density and Disease Specific Survival in Patients With Penile Cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2721-2727

  Svatek, Robert S ^a   Munsell, Mark ^a   Kincaid, Jordan M ^a   Hegarty, Paul ^a   Slaton, Joel W ^a   Busby, J Erik ^a   Gaston, Kris E ^a   Spiess, Philippe E ^a   Pagliaro, Lance C ^a   Tamboli, Pheroze ^a   Pettaway, Curtis A ^a  

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

Author keywords

lymph node excision; lymph nodes; penile neoplasms; penis; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 72149096793     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.08.029     Document Type: Article

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