Subclassification of pT3 urothelial carcinoma of the renal pelvicalyceal system is associated with recurrence-free and cancer-specific survival: Proposal for a revision of the current TNM classification

European Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 224-231

  Shariat, Shahrokh F ^a   Zigeuner, Richard ^b   Rink, Michael ^a,c   Margulis, Vitaly ^d   Hansen, Jens ^c,m   Kikuchi, Eiji ^e   Kassouf, Wassim ^f   Raman, Jay D ^g   Remzi, Mesut ^h   Koppie, Theresa M ⁱ   Bensalah, Karim ^j   Guo, Charles C ^k   Mikami, Shuji ^e   Sircar, Kanishka ^f   Ng, Casey K ^a   Haitel, Andrea ^l   Kabbani, Wareef ^d   Chun, Felix K ^c   Wood, Christopher G ^k   Scherr, Douglas S ^a   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^m   Langner, Cord ^b   more..

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Hospital of Korneuburg   (Austria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^m UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Prognosis; PT3 subclassification; Renal pelvicalyceal system; TNM classification; Upper urinary tract; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER STAGING; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHRECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 84862889053     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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