The role of pelvic lymph node dissection during radical cystectomy for bladder cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 271-275

  Brunocilla, Eugenio ^a   Pernetti, Remigio ^a   Martorana, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Cancer specific survival; Extented lymphadenectomy; Lymph node density; Lymph node metastasis; Radical cystectomy; Short review

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE C 11; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CYSTECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PELVIS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79851505118     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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