The Journal of Urology
Volume 182, Issue 3 , Pages 854-859 , September 2009

Urinary Collecting System Invasion is an Independent Prognostic Factor of Organ Confined Renal Cell Carcinoma

Received 8 December 2008

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 Study received institutional review board approval.

PII: S0022-5347(09)01157-4

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.05.017

The Journal of Urology
Volume 182, Issue 3 , Pages 854-859 , September 2009

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