Ureterorenoscopic biopsy and urinary cytology according to the 2004 WHO classification underestimate tumor grading in upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1166-1170

  Straub, Julia ^a   Strittmatter, Frank ^a   Karl, Alexander ^a   Stief, Christian G ^a   Tritschler, Stefan ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grading; Upper tract urothelial carcinoma; Ureterorenoscopy; Urinary cytology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; URETERORENOSCOPIC BIOPSY; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA; URINE CYTOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GRADING; UPPER TRACT UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA; URETERORENOSCOPY; URINARY CYTOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYTODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHRECTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER; URINE; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84884727159     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: 18732496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2011.12.021     Document Type: Article

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