Surgical management of the distal ureter during radical nephroureterectomy is an independent predictor of oncological outcomes: Results of a current series and a review of the literature

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54.e19-54.e26

  Krabbe, Laura Maria ^a,b   Westerman, Mary E ^a   Bagrodia, Aditya ^a   Gayed, Bishoy A ^a   Khalil, Dina ^a   Kapur, Payal ^a   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^c   Raj, Ganesh V ^a   Sagalowsky, Arthur I ^a   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^a   Lotan, Yair ^a   Margulis, Vitaly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Nephroureterectomy; Prognosis; Surgical management; Upper tract; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSVESICAL BLADDER CUFF; TUMOR RECURRENCE; URETER SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY;

NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL MANAGEMENT; UPPER TRACT; UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHRECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 85058722226     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: 18732496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2013.08.032     Document Type: Article

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