A new proposal to risk stratify urothelial carcinomas of the upper urinary tract (UTUCs) in a predefinitive treatment setting: Low-risk versus high-risk UTUCs

European Urology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 181-183

  Rouprêt, Morgan ^a,b,c   Colin, Pierre ^d   Yates, David R ^e  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA; CLASSIFICATION; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY PELVIS; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

CARCINOMA; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY PELVIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 84904038970     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2013.12.007     Document Type: Editorial

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