The contemporary role of lymph node dissection during nephroureterectomy in the management of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma: The Canadian experience

Urology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 840-845

  Mason, Ross J ^a   Kassouf, Wassim ^b   Bell, David G ^a   Lacombe, Louis ^c   Kapoor, Anil ^d   Jacobsen, Niels ^e   Fairey, Adrian ^e   Izawa, Jonathan ^f   Black, Peter ^g   Tanguay, Simon ^b   Chin, Joseph ^f   So, Alan ^g   Lattouf, Jean Baptiste ^h   Saad, Fred ^h   Matsumoto, Edward ^d   Drachenberg, Darrel ⁱ   Cagiannos, Ilias ^j   Fradet, Yves ^c   Rendon, Ricardo A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA;

AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; URETER; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 84859422632     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.11.058     Document Type: Article

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