Application of simplified Fuhrman grading system in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma

BJU International

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 409-415

  Hong, Sung K ^a   Jeong, Chang W ^a   Park, Ji H ^a   Kim, Hyung S ^a   Kwak, Cheol ^a   Choe, Gheeyoung ^a   Kim, Hyeon H ^a   Lee, Sang E ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fuhrman grading system; kidney; RCC

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEPHRECTOMY; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 79251554399     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09561.x     Document Type: Article

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