Prognostic indicators for upper tract urothelial carcinoma after radical nephroureterectomy: The impact of lymphovascular invasion

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 798-803

  Godfrey, Mark S ^a   Badalato, Gina M ^a   Hruby, Gregory W ^a   Razmjoo, Mani ^a   McKiernan, James M ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

lymphatic metastasis; lymphovascular invasion; nephroureterectomy; transitional cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY PELVIS TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADICAL NEPHROURETERECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEPHRECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETER; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84865498046     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10893.x     Document Type: Article

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