Pelvic lymph nodes: Distribution and nodal tumour burden of urothelial bladder cancer

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 504-507

  Seiler, Roland ^a   Von Gunten, Michael ^a   Thalmann, George N ^a   Fleischmann, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CHILD; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; SEX FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77953720440     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2009.075077     Document Type: Article

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