Comparison of microscopic (pT3a) and gross extravesical extension (pT3b) in pathological staging of bladder cancer: Analysis of patient outcomes

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 387-393

  Dincel, Cetin ^a   Kara, Cengiz ^b   Balci, Ugur ^b   Ozer, Kutan ^b   Ozbir, Sait ^b   Sefik, Ertugrul ^b   Gorgel, Sacit Nuri ^b   Girgin, Cengiz ^b  

^a IZMIR KATIP CELEBI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Extravesical extension; Pathological staging; Patient outcome; Radical cystectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLADDER UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URINARY DIVERSION;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84880706452     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-013-0381-7     Document Type: Article

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