Lymph node dissection is not obsolete in clinically node-negative Renal Cell Carcinoma patients

European Urology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-25

  Van Poppel, Hein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

BLOOD COAGULATION; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHRECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650231562     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.09.033     Document Type: Editorial

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