External validation of an online nomogram in patients undergoing radical nephroureterectomy for upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1130-1136

  Ku, J H ^a   Moon, K C ^a   Jung, J H ^a   Jeong, S H ^a   Kwak, C ^a   Kim, H H ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

upper urinary tract; urothelial carcinoma; nephroureterectomy; nomogram; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; NOMOGRAM; ONLINE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; NOMOGRAMS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; URETER; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883743754     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.462     Document Type: Article

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