## BACKGROUND. Renal cell carcinomas include several distinct entities with a range of biologic and clinical behavior from relatively indolent to extremely aggressive. Although conventional prognostic factors such as stage and grade are quite useful, other clinical, laboratory, and pathologic find
Renal carcinoma. Reevaluation of prognostic factors
โ Scribed by Mario Reis; Victor Faria
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 855 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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