Can we apply nomograms derived in the United States to European patients? Yes, we can!

European Urology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-66

  Rink, Michael ^a,b   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; GERMANY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOMOGRAM; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CARCINOMA; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NOMOGRAMS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 82255162820     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2011.08.044     Document Type: Editorial

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