Tumor thrombus involving the inferior vena cava in renal malignancy: Is there a difference in clinical presentation and outcome among right and left side tumors?

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 652-656

  Katkoori, Devendar ^a   Murugesan, Manoharan ^a   Ciancio, Gaetano ^a   Soloway, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inferior; Kidney neoplasms; Nephrectomy; Thrombectomy; Vena cava

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBECTOMY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHRECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBECTOMY; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77949525886     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: 16776119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1677-55382009000600003     Document Type: Article

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