A multidisciplinary evaluation of inter-reviewer agreement of the nephrometry score and the prediction of long-term outcomes

Journal of Urology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1223-1228

  Weight, Christopher J ^a   Atwell, Thomas D ^a   Fazzio, Robert T ^a   Kim, Simon P ^a   Kenny, McCabe ^a   Lohse, Christine M ^a   Boorjian, Stephen A ^a   Leibovich, Bradley C ^a   Thompson, R Houston ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

carcinoma, renal cell; nephrectomy; radiology; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY MASS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; METASTASIS; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROMETRY SCORE; NEPHRON SPARING SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; NEPHRECTOMY; OBSERVER VARIATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 80052748774     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.05.052     Document Type: Article

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