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A new system for substaging pT1 papillary bladder cancer: a prognostic evaluation.
Human pathology - 1 Sept 2005
van der Aa Madelon N M, van Leenders Geert J L H, Steyerberg Ewout W, van Rhijn Bas W, Jöbsis Adriaan C, Zwarthoff Ellen C, van der Kwast Theodorus H
Abstract excerpt
Superficially invasive (pT1) papillary urothelial cell carcinomas (UCCs) may run a variable course. Several attempts have been made for the substaging of UCC to identify the clinically aggressive tumors. We present a new substaging system, based on the extent of invasion. From a series of 53 primary pT1 UCC, 24 cases showed invasion of the subepithelial stroma by an invasive front extending more than a maximum...
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