Oncologic Outcomes Following Three Different Approaches to the Distal Ureter and Bladder Cuff in Nephroureterectomy for Primary Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

European Urology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 963-969

  Li, Wei Ming ^a   Shen, Jung Tsung ^b   Li, Ching Chia ^a,c   Ke, Hung Lung ^a,d   Wei, Yu Ching ^e   Wu, Wen Jeng ^a,c   Chou, Yii Her ^a,c   Huang, Chun Hsiung ^a,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Recurrence; Renal pelvis; Survival; Ureter; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY PELVIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URETER; URINARY TRACT; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEPHRECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UROTHELIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951620024     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.12.032     Document Type: Article

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