Indications for ureteropyeloscopy based on radiographic findings and urine cytology in detection of upper urinary tract carcinoma

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1087-1091

  Takao, Akira ^a   Saika, Takashi ^a   Uehara, Shinya ^a   Monden, Koichi ^a   Abarzua, Fernando ^a   Nasu, Yasutomo ^a   Kumon, Hiromi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Indication; Upper urinary tract carcinoma; Ureteropyeloscopy; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA; URINE CYTOLOGY; UROGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; URETEROSCOPY; URINE; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049444017     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyq096     Document Type: Article

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