Characteristics of lymph node metastases defining the outcome after radical cystectomy of urothelial bladder carcinoma

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1066-1072

  Nakagawa, Tohru ^a   Kanai, Yae ^b   Nakanishi, Hiroyuki ^a   Komiyama, Motokiyo ^a   Fujimoto, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Extranodal invasion; Lymph node; Metastasis; Radical cystectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84868122035     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hys136     Document Type: Article

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