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Positive surgical margin following radical nephrectomy is an independent predictor of local recurrence and disease-specific survival

BACKGROUND: Positive surgical margins (PSM) are recognized as an adverse prognostic sign and are often associated with higher rates of local and systemic disease recurrence. The data regarding the oncological outcome for PSM following radical nephrectomy (RN) is limited. We examined the predictive f...

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Autores principales: Abu-Ghanem, Yasmin, Ramon, Jacob, Berger, Raanan, Kaver, Issac, Fridman, Edi, Leibowitz-Amit, Raya, Dotan, Zohar A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5668980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29096642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-017-1257-6