The Emerging Role of Lymphadenectomy in Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 429-437

  Weight, Christopher J ^a   Gettman, Mathew T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymph node dissection; Lymphadenectomy; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC NEPHROURETERECTOMY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; OPEN NEPHROURETERECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UPPER TRACT UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHRECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80955123732     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: 1558318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2011.07.012     Document Type: Review

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