Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 49-54 , January 2012

Subepithelial growth patterns in urothelial carcinoma—frequency and prognostic significance

  • Ofer N. Gofrit, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972-2-6776874; fax: +972-2-6430929
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  • Amos Shapiro, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Dov Pode, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Ran Katz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Vladimir Yutkin, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Kevin C. Zorn, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Section of Urology, Chicago University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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  • Galina Pizov, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Received 27 September 2009 ,Revised 7 November 2009 ,Accepted 10 November 2009.

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PII: S1078-1439(09)00363-9

doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2009.11.010

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 49-54 , January 2012

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