Nodal counts during pelvic lymph node dissection for prostate cancer: An objective indicator of quality under the influence of very subjective factors

BJU International

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1323-1328

  Mazzola, Clarisse ^a   Savage, Caroline ^a   Ahallal, Youness ^a   Reuter, Victor E ^a   Eastham, James A ^a   Scardino, Peter T ^a   Guillonneau, Bertrand ^a   Touijer, Karim A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pelvic lymph node dissection; Prostate neoplasm; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84859871197     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10610.x     Document Type: Article

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