Prognostic Role of Lymphovascular Invasion in Patients with Urothelial Carcinoma of the Upper Urinary Tract: An International Validation Study

European Urology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1064-1071

  Novara, Giacomo ^a   Matsumoto, Kazumasa ^b   Kassouf, Wassim ^c   Walton, Thomas J ^d   Fritsche, Hans Martin ^e   Bastian, Patrick J ^f   Martínez Salamanca, Juan I ^g   Seitz, Christian ^h   Lemberger, R John ⁱ   Burger, Maximilian ^e   El Hakim, Assaad ^c   Baba, Shiro ^b   Martignoni, Guido ^j   Gupta, Amit ^k   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^l   Ficarra, Vincenzo ^a   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^f LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^h CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

ⁱ NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Lymphovascular invasion; Nephroureterectomy; Prognosis; Recurrence; Urinary tract cancer; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANADA; CANCER INVASION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA; UROTHELIUM; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; BLOOD VESSELS; CARCINOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 77951623439     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.12.029     Document Type: Article

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