Lymph node-positive bladder cancer treated with radical cystectomy and lymphadenectomy: Effect of the level of node positivity

European Urology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1025-1030

  Tarin, Tatum V ^a   Power, Nicholas E ^b   Ehdaie, Behfar ^c   Sfakianos, John P ^c   Silberstein, Jonathan L ^c   Savage, Caroline J ^c   Sjoberg, Daniel ^c   Dalbagni, Guido ^c   Bochner, Bernard H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Pelvic lymphadenectomy; TNM staging system

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AGED; CARCINOMA; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84859434126     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.01.049     Document Type: Article

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