The Journal of Urology
Volume 182, Issue 5 , Pages 2182-2187 , November 2009

Clinical Outcomes and Recurrence Predictors of Lymph Node Positive Urothelial Cancer After Cystectomy

Received 3 February 2009

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 Study received University of Southern California human subject committee approval.

 For another article on a related topic see page 2472.

PII: S0022-5347(09)01741-8

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.07.017

The Journal of Urology
Volume 182, Issue 5 , Pages 2182-2187 , November 2009

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