Urology
Volume 61, Issue 6 , Pages 1151-1155 , June 2003

Clinical presentation and outcome of high-grade urinary bladder leiomyosarcoma in adults

  • Charles J Rosser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
    • ,
  • Joel W Slaton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
    • ,
  • Jonathan I Izawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
    • ,
  • Larry B Levy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomathematics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
    • ,
  • Colin P.N Dinney

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Colin P. N. Dinney, M.D., Department of Urology, Box 446, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA

Received 16 September 2002 ,Accepted 6 January 2003.

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☆ This work was supported in part by a Cancer Center Core grant (CA16672) from the National Cancer Institute and by a grant from the American Foundation for Urologic Disease.J. I. Izawa is currently at the Division of Urology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.J. W. Slaton is currently at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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doi: 10.1016/S0090-4295(03)00021-9

Urology
Volume 61, Issue 6 , Pages 1151-1155 , June 2003

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