Comparison of the clinical and pathologic staging in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer

Comparison of the clinical and pathologic staging in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer

PURPOSE: Radical cystectomy (RCx) is perhaps the most effective therapeutic approach for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Unfortunately, clinical staging is imprecise and the degree of understaging remains high. This study retrospectively evaluated patients undergoing RCx with regard to...

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Main Authors: Sean Mclaughlin, Jon Shephard, Eric Wallen, Susan Maygarden, Culley C. Carson, Raj S. Pruthi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2007-02-01
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Subjects:
bladder cancer
neoplasm staging
cystectomy
pathology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382007000100005

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