Validation of the 2009 TNM classification for renal cell carcinoma: Comparison with the 2002 TNM classification by concordance index

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 524-530

  Lee, Chunwoo ^a   You, Dalsan ^a   Park, Junsoo ^a   Jeong, In Gab ^a   Song, Cheryn ^a   Hong, Jun Hyuk ^a   Ahn, Hanjong ^a   Kim, Choung Soo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Kidney neoplasms; Mortality; Neoplasm staging; Prognosis; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 80052067888     PISSN: 20056737     EISSN: 20056745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4111/kju.2011.52.8.524     Document Type: Article

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