Standard lymph node dissection for bladder cancer: Significant variability in the number of reported lymph nodes

Journal of Urology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 446-450

  Meijer, R P P ^a,b   Nunnink, C J M ^a,b   Wassenaar, A E ^a,b   Bex, A ^a,b   Van Der Poel, H G ^a,b   Van Rhijn, B W ^a,b   Meinhardt, W ^a,b   Horenblas, S ^a,b  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cystectomy; lymph node excision; reference standards; urinary bladder; urinary bladder neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGIST; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84855611374     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.10.029     Document Type: Article

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