Discrepancy between clinical and pathological stage: external validation of the impact on prognosis in an international radical cystectomy cohort.

  • Robert S Svatek
  • Shahrokh F Shariat
  • Giacomo Novara
  • Eila C Skinner
  • Yves Fradet
  • Patrick J Bastian
  • Ashish M Kamat
  • Wassim Kassouf
  • Pierre I Karakiewicz
  • Hans-Martin Fritsche
  • Jonathan I Izawa
  • Derya Tilki
  • Vincenzo Ficarra
  • Bjoern G Volkmer
  • Hendrik Isbarn
  • Colin P Dinney

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Abstract

• To compare the clinical and pathologic stage among a large, multi-institutional series of patients undergoing radical and to determine the effect of stage discrepancy on outcomes.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number6
ISSN1464-4096
Publication statusPublished - 2011
pubmed 21244604