Role of lymph node dissection in management of bladder cancer

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 179-185

  Kitamura, Hiroshi ^a   Masumori, Naoya ^a   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Lymph node dissection; Radical cystectomy

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTECTOMY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052746925     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: 14377772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-011-0235-1     Document Type: Review

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