Role of lymph node dissection in the treatment of urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract: Multi-institutional relapse analysis and immunohistochemical re-evaluation of negative lymph nodes

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1085-1091

  Abe, T ^a   Shinohara, N ^a   Muranaka, M ^a   Sazawa, A ^a   Maruyama, S ^a   Osawa, T ^a   Harabayashi, T ^b   Kubota, K ^c   Matsuno, Y ^c   Shibata, T ^b   Toyada, Y ^b   Shinno, Y ^b   Minami, K ^b   Sakashita, S ^b   Kumagai, A ^b   Takada, N ^b   Togashi, M ^b   Sano, H ^b   Mori, T ^b   Nonomura, K ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Urothelial Cancer Research Group   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistory; Kidney; Lymph node excision; Micrometastasis; Upper urinary tract; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROMETASTASIS; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEPHRECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SECONDARY; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHRECTOMY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLE SIZE; URETERAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77957874186     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.08.134     Document Type: Article

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