Upper urinary tract and urethral recurrences following radical cystectomy: Review of risk factors and outcomes between centres with different follow-up protocols

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 161-167

  Perlis, Nathan ^a   Turker, Polat ^a,b   Bostrom, Peter J ^a,c   Kuk, Cynthia ^a   Mirtti, Tuomas ^d   Kulkarni, Girish ^a   Fleshner, Neil E ^a   Jewett, Michael A S ^a   Finelli, Antonio ^a   Zlotta, Alexandre R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cystectomy; Mortality; Neoplasm recurrence; Urinary bladder neoplasm; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873197515     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-012-0905-2     Document Type: Article

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