The role of lymph node dissection in renal cell carcinoma

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 186-194

  Chapin, Brian F ^a   Delacroix Jr , Scott E ^a   Wood, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney neoplasms; Lymph node; Lymphadenectomy; Lymphadenopathy; Metastatic renal cell carcinoma; Nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AUTOPSY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MORBIDITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHRECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80052723797     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: 14377772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-011-0241-3     Document Type: Review

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