Prognostic value of perinodal lymphovascular invasion following radical cystectomy for lymph node-positive urothelial carcinoma

European Urology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 739-744

  Fritsche, Hans Martin ^a   May, Matthias ^b   Denzinger, Stefan ^a   Otto, Wolfgang ^a   Siegert, Sabine ^c,d   Giedl, Christian ^a   Giedl, Johannes ^e   Eder, Fabian ^a   Agaimy, Abbas ^e   Novotny, Vladimir ^f   Wirth, Manfred ^f   Stief, Christian ^g   Brookman May, Sabine ^g   Hofstädter, Ferdinand ^a   Gierth, Michael ^a   Aziz, Atiqullah ^a   Kocot, Arkadius ^h   Riedmiller, Hubertus ^h   Bastian, Patrick J ^g,i   Toma, Marieta ^j   Wieland, Wolf F ^a   Hartmann, Arndt ^e   Burger, Maximilian ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Urologische Klinik   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Pathology Munich North   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^g LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ Paracelsus Hospital Golzheim Düsseldorf   (Germany)

^j DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Cystectomy; Extranodal extension; Lymphatic metastasis; Perinodal lymphovascular invasion

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 84874537552     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.09.053     Document Type: Article

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