Urology
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 376-381 , February 2010

Adenocarcinoma Versus Urothelial Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder: Comparison Between Pathologic Stage at Radical Cystectomy and Cancer-specific Mortality

  • Giovanni Lughezzani

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Prognosis and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montréal Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Urology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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  • Maxine Sun

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Prognosis and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montréal Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Claudio Jeldres

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Prognosis and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montréal Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Ahmed Alasker

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Prognosis and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montréal Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Lars Budäus

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Prognosis and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montréal Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Shahrokh F. Shariat

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Prognosis and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montréal Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Mathieu Latour

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Hugues Widmer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Alain Duclos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Martine Jolivet-Tremblay

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Francesco Montorsi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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  • Paul Perrotte

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Pierre I. Karakiewicz

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Prognosis and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montréal Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Urology, University of Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Pierre I. Karakiewicz, M.D., F.R.C.S.C., Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montréal Health Center (CHUM), 1058, Rue St.-Denis, Montréal, QC, Canada, H2X 3J4

Received 14 September 2009 ,Accepted 15 October 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)02734-4

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.10.018

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 376-381 , February 2010

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