Small cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract (UUT-SCC): Report of a rare entity and systematic review of the literature

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 366-372

  Ouzzane, Adil ^a   Ghoneim, Tarek P ^a   Udo, Kazuma ^b   Verhasselt Crinquette, Marie ^a   Puech, Philippe ^a   Betrouni, Nacim ^a   Rouprêt, Morgan ^c   Villers, Arnauld ^a   Leroy, Xavier ^a   Colin, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Neoplasm; Prognosis; Renal pelvis; Small cell; Treatment; Ureter

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; IRINOTECAN; METHOTREXATE; TENIPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ASIAN; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOSCOPY; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE BIOPSY; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STRICTURE; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA; UROGRAPHY;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; URETHRAL NEOPLASMS; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79957476201     PISSN: 03057372     EISSN: 15321967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2010.12.005     Document Type: Review

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