Effect of a minimum lymph node policy in radical cystectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy on lymph node yields, lymph node positivity rates, lymph node density, and survivorship in patients with bladder cancer

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1901-1908

  Fang, Andrea C ^a   Ahmad, Ardalan E ^a   Whitson, Jared M ^a   Ferrell, Linda D ^b   Carroll, Peter R ^a   Konety, Badrinath R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystectomy; Lymph node density; Lymph node excision; Lymph node metastasis; Pathology; Surgery; Survival rate; Urinary bladder neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; PELVIS; PROGNOSIS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77951019747     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25011     Document Type: Article

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