The Pathologist's Mean Grade Is Constant and Individualizes the Prognostic Value of Bladder Cancer Grading

European Urology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1052-1057

  van Rhijn, Bas W G ^a,b,c   van Leenders, Geert J L H ^a   Ooms, Bert C M ^d   Kirkels, Wim J ^a   Zlotta, Alexandre R ^c   Boevé, Egbert R ^b   Jöbsis, Adriaan C ^e   van der Kwast, Theo H ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d Haaglanden MC ^*  (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer, grade; Classification systems, mean, 2004, 1973; Prognosis; Progression; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; EPIRUBICIN; ETOGLUCID; MITOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; CARCINOMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77951622842     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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