Cancer-specific mortality following radical cystectomy for bladder cancer with lymph node involvement: impact of pathologic disease features and adjuvant chemotherapy

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 373-379

  Clifton, Marisa M ^a   Psutka, Sarah P ^a   Boorjian, Stephen A ^a   Cheville, John C ^a   Thapa, Prabin ^a   Thompson, R Houston ^a   Tollefson, Matthew K ^a   Karnes, R Jeffrey ^a   Frank, Igor ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Bladder cancer; Chemotherapy; Lymph node excision; Lymphatic metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84939875443     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-014-1319-0     Document Type: Article

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