Does extended lymph node dissection affect the lymph node density and survival after radical cystectomy

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 230-233

  Dharaskar, A ^a   Kumar, V ^a   Kapoor, R ^a   Jain, M ^a   Mandhani, A ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Extended lymph node dissection; lymph node density; radical cystectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLADDER TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84855738769     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.82896     Document Type: Article

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