Trends in epidemiology and treatment of upper urinary tract tumours in the Netherlands 1995-2005: An analysis of PALGA, the Dutch national histopathology registry

BJU International

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 922-927

  Cauberg, Evelyne C C ^a   Salomons, Maartje A ^a   Kümmerlin, Intan P E D ^a   De Reijke, Theo M ^a   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^a   De La Rosette, Jean J M C H ^a   Kate, Fiebo J W ^a   Laguna Pes, M Pilar ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Surgical treatment; Upper urinary tract; Urothelial cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY PELVIS CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER CANCER; URINARY TRACT TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEPHRECTOMY; NETHERLANDS; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77749265090     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08889.x     Document Type: Article

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