Micropapillary urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder: A clinicopathological analysis of 24 cases

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-54

  Edgerton, Neil ^a   Sirintrapun, S Joseph ^a   Munoz, Melissa ^a   Chen, Zhengjia ^c,d   Osunkoya, Adeboye O ^a,b,c  

^a UPMC Shadyside   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinicopathological analysis; Micropapillary urothelial carcinoma; Prognosis; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MICROPAPILLARY TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 78650641859     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2010.02672.x     Document Type: Article

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