Urinary collecting system invasion is no independent prognostic factor in renal cell carcinoma

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-288

  Waalkes, Sandra ^a   Merseburger, Axel S ^a   Herrmann, Thomas R W ^a   Kramer, Mario W ^a   Wegener, Gerd ^a   Rustemeier, Julia ^b   Hofmann, Rainer ^b   Kuczyk, Markus A ^a   Schrader, Andres J ^b,c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Fachbereich Medizin der Universitat Marburg   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collecting system invasion; Kidney cancer; Prognosis; Prognostic models; Staging systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TIME;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY TUBULES, COLLECTING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952795073     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-010-0526-6     Document Type: Article

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