The importance of surgeon characteristics on impacting oncologic outcomes for patients undergoing radical cystectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 714-720

  Bhindi, Bimal ^a   Yu, Julie ^c   Kuk, Cynthia ^e   Sridhar, Srikala S ^b   Hamilton, Robert J ^a   Finelli, Antonio ^a   Jewett, Michael A S ^a   Evans, Andrew ^b   Fleshner, Neil E ^a   Zlotta, Alexandre R ^a,e   Kulkarni, Girish S ^a,d  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cystectomy; mortality; patient outcome assessment; urinary bladder neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ONCOLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIST;

CYSTECTOMY; MORTALITY; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROLOGY;

EID: 84906080068     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.02.093     Document Type: Article

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