Ureteroscopic and extirpative treatment of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma: A 15-year comprehensive review of 160 consecutive patients

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1618-1626

  Grasso, Michael ^a   Fishman, Andrew I ^a   Cohen, Jacob ^a   Alexander, Bobby ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

nephroureterectomy; upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma; ureteroscopic treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS FREE SURVIVAL; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URETEROSCOPY; UTEROSCOPIC THERAPY;

EID: 84870862935     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11066.x     Document Type: Review

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