Prognostic factors for upper urinary tract urothelial carcinomas: Stage, grade, and smoking status

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1039-1045

  Simsir, Adnan ^a   Sarsik, Banu ^a   Cureklibatir, Ibrahim ^a   Sen, Sait ^a   Gunaydin, Gurhan ^a   Cal, Cag ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Metastasis; Recurrence; Survival; Upper urinary tract; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UPPER URINARY TRACT TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; URETER TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHRECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84859934607     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-011-9915-z     Document Type: Article

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