Hospital and surgical caseload are predictors of comprehensive surgical treatment for bladder cancer: A population based study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 824-828

  Abdollah, Firas ^a,b   Schmitges, Jan ^a,c   Sun, Maxine ^a   Thuret, Rodolphe ^a   Djahangirian, Orchidee ^a   Jeldres, Claudio ^a   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^d   Graefen, Markus ^a,c   Perrotte, Paul ^a   Montorsi, Francesco ^b   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

cystectomy; hospitals; lymph node excision; neoplasms; urinary bladder neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CASELOAD; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL CASELOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTECTOMY; FORECASTING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80051544836     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.04.066     Document Type: Article

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