Outcome of treatment of bladder cancer: A comparison between low-volume hospitals and an oncology centre

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 431-437

  de Vries, R R ^a   Visser, O ^b   Nieuwenhuijzen, J A ^a   Horenblas, S ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Centralisation; Cystectomy; Outcome; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER CENTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICS; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77954861403     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-010-0512-z     Document Type: Article

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