Use of nomograms for predictions of outcome in patients with advanced bladder cancer

Therapeutic Advances in Urology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-26

  Shariat, Shahrokh F ^a   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^b   Godoy, Guilherme ^a   Lerner, Seth P ^c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder cancer; nomogram; prediction; prognosis; risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993725001     PISSN: 17562872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756287209103923     Document Type: Review

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